Question

I have hunted around and have not found any methods to do what I would like. I would like to style the top level of a standard form drop down (selection) element.

I would like it to look like this:

Now I know I can style the border, text and graident with CSS but I am wondering if its easier to just make the drop down a static image?

Or is it even possible to style a drop down this way? I have never had any luck doing so.

EDIT: I found this tutorial HERE that is pretty close. But just want to see others opinions.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Found my answer here, this is exactly what I want to accomplish and it uses CSS only which is a bonus:
http://danielneumann.com/blog/how-to-style-dropdown-with-css-only/

select { 
font-size:1.1em; 
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: 200;
width:195px;
border:0; 
border-radius: 0px;
color:#787878; 
background:transparent;
padding-top: 7px; 
padding-bottom: 10px; 
-webkit-appearance: none;
*width:190px; 
*background:#58B14C;
}

#mainselection  { 
color: #787878 !important;
width: 197px;
background: url("http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png") no-repeat scroll 165px 8px, #f5f5f5; /* Old browsers */
/* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
background: url('http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png') no-repeat scroll 169px 8px, -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f5f5f5 0%, #efefef 40%, #e8e8e8 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: url('http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png') no-repeat scroll 169px 8px, -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#f5f5f5), color-stop(40%,#efefef), color-stop(100%,#e8e8e8)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: url('http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png') no-repeat scroll 169px 8px, -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f5f5f5 0%,#efefef 40%,#e8e8e8 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: url('http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png') no-repeat scroll 169px 8px, -o-linear-gradient(top, #f5f5f5 0%,#efefef 40%,#e8e8e8 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: url('http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png') no-repeat scroll 169px 8px, -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f5f5f5 0%,#efefef 40%,#e8e8e8 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: url('http://i.imgur.com/N6SyH.png') no-repeat scroll 169px 8px, linear-gradient(to bottom, #f5f5f5 0%,#efefef 40%,#e8e8e8 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f5f5f5', endColorstr='#e8e8e8',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-8 */
border: solid 1px #D1D1D1;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #FFF;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #FFF;
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #FFF;
}

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Here is a live jsfiddle of it.

Thanks!