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CSS

Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Posted by Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

Styling the arrow on a select element

I'm trying to style the arrow on a select element. I'm using the background-image property. I have no idea where I'm going wrong here, I've looked at this code form multiple angles. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<div class='advancedSearchOptions'>
        <h3>Advanced Search Options</h3>
        <p>Look for my search in</p>
        <select class='advancedSearchScope' name='advancedSearch[text_type]'>
            <option value>Section</option>
            <option value='Audio'>Audio</option>
            <option value='Publications'>Publications</option>
            <option value='Maps'>Maps</option>
            <option value='Images'>Images</option>
        </select>
    </div>

select {
    width: 100%;
    -webkit-appearance: none;  
        -moz-appearance: none; 
    appearance: none;
    background-image: url("../img/pointer.png") 97% no-repeat right ;
    border-radius: 0;
    line-height: 2;
    padding: 0.5em;
}

1 Answer

Victor Ruiz
Victor Ruiz
16,570 Points
Victor Ruiz
Victor Ruiz
16,570 Points

Hi Gabriel,

I would try to use the class you have corresponding that specific div. Looks something like this:

.advancedSearchOptions {
    width: 100%;
    -webkit-appearance: none;  
        -moz-appearance: none; 
    appearance: none;
    background-image: url("../img/pointer.png") 97% no-repeat right ;
    border-radius: 0;
    line-height: 2;
    padding: 0.5em;
}

Let me know if that works.

Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

Hi Victor,

Sadly, it doesn't work.

Victor Ruiz
Victor Ruiz
16,570 Points

Make sure that your targeting the right directory were the image is kept. You can look for some good examples of dropdown at codepen.io. This is one that I found in which she created the shapes in pure css. you can search for dropdowns.

http://codepen.io/Dianatomic/pen/HqICG