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Asked: 2026-05-16T01:28:29+00:00

I have a SELECT list with several OPTION elements. Here is my naive approach

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I have a SELECT list with several OPTION elements. Here is my naive approach to styling part of the option text: 

<select name="color">
<option value="0">red <span style="font-weight: bold;">SLOW</span></option>
<option value="1">blue <span style="font-weight: bold;">SLOWER</span></option>
<option value="2">green <span style="font-weight: bold;">SLOWEST</span></option>
</select>

This does not work: the browser does not like a SPAN element inside the OPTION element.

Is there some other way to style part of an OPTION element’s text?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Nope. options are styled in a way native to the platform, and styling only a part of one doesn’t work. (It usually wouldn’t be a particularly good idea either.)

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