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Custom Select Dropdown Control

Explore how to style custom select dropdowns using CSS to create accessible and visually appealing form controls. Learn to remove default browser arrows, add custom arrow indicators, and implement smooth border-color transitions on hover and focus states, enhancing the user experience without JavaScript.

Problem description

Given an HTML page containing a div with class custom-select-wrapper that wraps a <select class="custom-select"> element with several <option>s, write CSS to:

  • Remove the native dropdown arrow using appearance: none (cross-browser).

  • Style .custom-select as follows: ...