How to style the arrow of a select element

Question

How to change arrow style in <select>. Changing background, font color or all border stuff is simple but how to change the "arrow" in? When i changed font color content color changed but the arrow stay black.

.language-choice{
    margin-top: 10px;  
    color: #719dd1;
    border-color: #719dd1; 
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    border-width: 2px;
}

<select class="language-choice">
    <option value="en">English</option>
    <option value="pl">Polish</option>
</select>

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The style of arrow depends on the browser and the OS. Check this link to replace the default one. http://cssdeck.com/labs/styling-select-box-with-css3 — Varun, Oct 01 '15 at 09:44

Ivin Raj · Answer 1 · 2015-10-01T09:49:22.343

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you can try this one:

  .language-choice{
     width: 268px;
    padding: 5px;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1;
    border: 0;
     border-color: #719dd1; 
   -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    border-width: 2px;
    height: 34px;
    background: url(http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/cc_mono_icon_set/blacks/16x16/br_down.png) no-repeat right #ddd;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
   -moz-appearance:    none;
   appearance:         none;
    background-position-x: 244px;
}

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edited Oct 01 '15 at 09:49

answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:34

Ivin Raj

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you also need to add `appearance` and `-moz-appearance` – orlland Oct 01 '15 at 09:39
http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-appearance See the page – Ivin Raj Oct 01 '15 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:34

You can try like this -

.selectWrap{
    position: relative;
    width: 100px;
}
.language-choice{
    /*margin-top: 10px;*/ 
    color: #719dd1;
    border-color: #719dd1; 
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    border: 2px solid #ccc;
    padding: 5px;
    width: 100%;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
       -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
            box-sizing: border-box;

}
span{
    background: url('http://www.symantec.com/images/version-3/arrows/info-box-triangle-icon.png') #fff no-repeat center center / 13px 10px;
    height:13px;
    width: 25px;
    position: absolute;
    height: calc(100% - 4px);
    right: 2px;
    top:2px;
    border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
    pointer-events:none;
}

    <div class="selectWrap">
    <span></span>
        <select class="language-choice">
            <option value="en">English</option>
            <option value="pl">Polish</option>
        </select>
    </div>

How to style the arrow of a select element

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