how style list of select menu html and css [duplicate] - html

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How to style the option of an html "select" element?
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ok i have code like this html
<div class="select_countries">
<select name="region" id="countries">
<option value="none" selected disabled hidden>Filter by Region</option>
<option value="all">All</option>
<option value="africa">Africa</option>
<option value="america">America</option>
<option value="asia">Asia</option>
<option value="europe">Europe</option>
<option value="oceania">Oceania</option>
</select>
</div>
i try on different ways to style list items and make gap between select menu and list items but i don't figure right way
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Answer 1

You are very limited in how browsers will apply padding within a select but one workaround is to set the appearance: none; along with its vendor prefixes.
This then allows you to use padding to your heart's content as below:
select
{
padding-bottom: 20px;
border: 1px solid #979997;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-moz-appearance: none;
-ms-appearance: none;
-o-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
}
<div class="select_countries">
<select name="region" id="countries">
<option value="none" selected disabled hidden>Filter by Region</option>
<option value="all">All</option>
<option value="africa">Africa</option>
<option value="america">America</option>
<option value="asia">Asia</option>
<option value="europe">Europe</option>
<option value="oceania">Oceania</option>
</select>
</div>

Answer 2

There isn't much you can do to style the actual dropdown menu (besides bolding the options), you can only style the form field (how it looks before you click it and the dropdown shows)
if you want a custom dropdown menu, you can do a custom solution like the one here:
https://components.fleeksite.com/select

Answer 3

W3Schools has example with HTML,JS,CSS
here
DEMO FROM W3schools
(EDITED With edit make gap too)
var x, i, j, selElmnt, a, b, c;
/*look for any elements with the class "custom-select":*/
x = document.getElementsByClassName("custom-select");
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
selElmnt = x[i].getElementsByTagName("select")[0];
/*for each element, create a new DIV that will act as the selected item:*/
a = document.createElement("DIV");
a.setAttribute("class", "select-selected");
a.innerHTML = selElmnt.options[selElmnt.selectedIndex].innerHTML;
x[i].appendChild(a);
/*for each element, create a new DIV that will contain the option list:*/
b = document.createElement("DIV");
b.setAttribute("class", "select-items select-hide");
for (j = 1; j < selElmnt.length; j++) {
/*for each option in the original select element,
create a new DIV that will act as an option item:*/
c = document.createElement("DIV");
c.innerHTML = selElmnt.options[j].innerHTML;
c.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
/*when an item is clicked, update the original select box,
and the selected item:*/
var y, i, k, s, h;
s = this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("select")[0];
h = this.parentNode.previousSibling;
for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
if (s.options[i].innerHTML == this.innerHTML) {
s.selectedIndex = i;
h.innerHTML = this.innerHTML;
y = this.parentNode.getElementsByClassName("same-as-selected");
for (k = 0; k < y.length; k++) {
y[k].removeAttribute("class");
}
this.setAttribute("class", "same-as-selected");
break;
}
}
h.click();
});
b.appendChild(c);
}
x[i].appendChild(b);
a.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
/*when the select box is clicked, close any other select boxes,
and open/close the current select box:*/
e.stopPropagation();
closeAllSelect(this);
this.nextSibling.classList.toggle("select-hide");
this.classList.toggle("select-arrow-active");
});
}
function closeAllSelect(elmnt) {
/*a function that will close all select boxes in the document,
except the current select box:*/
var x, y, i, arrNo = [];
x = document.getElementsByClassName("select-items");
y = document.getElementsByClassName("select-selected");
for (i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
if (elmnt == y[i]) {
arrNo.push(i)
} else {
y[i].classList.remove("select-arrow-active");
}
}
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
if (arrNo.indexOf(i)) {
x[i].classList.add("select-hide");
}
}
}
/*if the user clicks anywhere outside the select box,
then close all select boxes:*/
document.addEventListener("click", closeAllSelect);
/*the container must be positioned relative:*/
.custom-select {
position: relative;
font-family: Arial;
}
.custom-select select {
display: none;
/*hide original SELECT element:*/
}
.select-selected {
background-color: #2d3945;
border-radius: 2px;
}
/*style the arrow inside the select element:*/
.select-selected:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
top: 14px;
right: 10px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 6px solid transparent;
border-color: #fff transparent transparent transparent;
}
/*point the arrow upwards when the select box is open (active):*/
.select-selected.select-arrow-active:after {
border-color: transparent transparent #fff transparent;
top: 7px;
}
/*style the items (options), including the selected item:*/
.select-items div,
.select-selected {
color: #ffffff;
padding: 8px 16px;
border: 1px solid transparent;
border-color: transparent transparent rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) transparent;
cursor: pointer;
user-select: none;
}
/*style items (options):*/
.select-items {
position: absolute;
background-color: #2d3945;
top: 150%; /*Made Gap here*/
left: 0;
right: 0;
z-index: 99;
border: 1px solid rgba(61, 143, 253, 1);
}
/*hide the items when the select box is closed:*/
.select-hide {
display: none;
}
.select-items div:hover,
.same-as-selected {
background-color: rgba(61, 143, 253, 1);
}
<div class="custom-select" style="width:200px;">
<select name="region" id="countries">
<option value="none" selected disabled hidden>Filter by Region</option>
<option value="all">All</option>
<option value="africa">Africa</option>
<option value="america">America</option>
<option value="asia">Asia</option>
<option value="europe">Europe</option>
<option value="oceania">Oceania</option>
</select>
</div>