Customized select dropdown arrow not clickable - html

Question

I'm using the following code to customize my select dropdown arrow:
HTML:
<span class="selectWrapper">
<select id="rowselect" class="pageinfoselect input-mini">
<option>...</option>
</select>
</span>
CSS:
span.selectWrapper {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
width:65px;
}
span.selectWrapper select {
display: inline-block;
padding: 4px 3px 3px 5px;
margin: 0;
font: inherit;
outline:none; /* remove focus ring from Webkit */
line-height: 1.2;
background: #f5f5f5;
height:30px;
color:#666666;
border:1px solid #dddddd;
}
/* Select arrow styling */
span.selectWrapper:after {
content: url("../images/arrow_down.png");
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
line-height: 30px;
padding: 0 7px;
background: #f5f5f5;
color: white;
border:1px solid #dddddd;
border-left:0px;
}
This works fine and replaces the default dropdown arrow but the problem is that the arrow image is not clickable. If I click on the select box it opens but I want it to open when I click the arrow image as well

Answer 1

Add the following rule
pointer-events:none;
EDIT:
It should be noted though that IE doesn't yet support this property (Although according to caniuse - It will be supported in IE11)
BUT, If you still want to this method you can use Modernizer or conditional comments (For IE < 10) and this css hack (for IE10) to make IE revert to the standard built in arrow.
/*target Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10:*/
#media screen and (min-width:0\0) {
span.selectWrapper:after
{
display:none;
}
}
There is however a workaround (and also a different solution) for this, which I mention in my answer here - which also contains this Codepen