July 3, 2023, 10:13 p.m. | Makanju Emmanuel

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How to build a custom dropdown select


Using a custom select built from scratch instead of the default select-option element in HTML gives a lot of flexibility to you as a developer; you can modify and manipulate a lot of things yourself while also giving it a favorable aesthetic design that suits your business needs or functionality.


Step 1: Create a new component file.

Inside your project directory, navigate to the src/components/common folder (or create it if it doesn't exist). …

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