Question
I have a select box and I'm trying to change the background color of the options when the select box has been clicked and shows all the options.
body {
background: url(http://subtlepatterns.com/patterns/black_linen_v2.png) repeat;
}
select {
margin: 40px;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}
<select>
<option val="">Please choose</option>
<option val="1">Option 1</option>
<option val="2">Option 2</option>
<option val="3">Option 3</option>
<option val="4">Option 4</option>
</select>
Answer
You need to put background-color
on the option
tag and not the select
tag...
select option {
margin: 40px;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}
If you want to style each one of the option
tags.. use the css attribute
selector:
select option {
margin: 40px;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}
select option[value="1"] {
background: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.3);
}
select option[value="2"] {
background: rgba(150, 150, 150, 0.3);
}
select option[value="3"] {
background: rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.3);
}
select option[value="4"] {
background: rgba(250, 250, 250, 0.3);
}
<select>
<option value="">Please choose</option>
<option value="1">Option 1</option>
<option value="2">Option 2</option>
<option value="3">Option 3</option>
<option value="4">Option 4</option>
</select>