applying style to a select box

Select renders as a GUI control, and therefore is very unreliable to


style. There is no way to make it work cross-browser, a glimpse on opera


or safari proves that nicely.




 
 


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535893%28VS.85%29.aspx


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535877%28VS.85%29.aspx


Except for background-color and color, style settings applied through the style object for the option
 element are ignored, before Internet Explorer 8. 



In addition, style settings applied directly to individual options
 override those applied to the containing SELECT
 element as a whole.

From Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 to Internet Explorer 6, This element is a windowed control and does not support the z-index attribute or zIndex property.

As of Internet Explorer 7, this element is windowless and supports the z-index attribute and the zIndex property. The SELECT element does not require a strict doctype to enable windowless functionality.

This element is an inline element.

This element requires a closing tag.