Question

Is there any way to make an <option> tag bold in a select box in Chrome and IE using CSS? It’s working in Firefox.

option.red {
    background-color: #cc0000; 
    font-weight: bold; 
    font-size: 12px; 
    color: white;
}

<select name="color">
    <option class="red" value="red">Red</option>
    <option value="white">White</option>
    <option value="blue">Blue</option>
    <option value="green">Green</option>
</select>

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Answer 1

You cannot do this. The most likely solution you’ll find “out there” would be to add a surrounding span with hard coded style, but neither IE (7) nor Firefox (3.0.12) honor this.

What you can do is use a JavaScript solution to give you the appearance of a select without actually using a select.

And here’s a great “howto” on how to do it: http://www.devirtuoso.com/2009/08/styling-drop-down-boxes-with-jquery/