Creating a custom dropdown with CSS

Written by Ibadehin Mojeed✏️

A dropdown menu presents a list of options for users to choose from. This widget is commonly used in forms to collect user input. In some cases, it can also be used as a filtering mechanism.

We typically add dropdowns to a webpage using the native HTML <select> element. However, due to the complexity of its internal structure, achieving consistent styling for the native element across different browsers is quite challenging.

To deploy a fully …

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