In the ever-evolving realm of web development, creating captivating and user-friendly forms is paramount. Select boxes, often overlooked yet integral components of forms, play a significant role in enhancing the user experience. To help you stay ahead in the game, we're thrilled to introduce our latest collection of CSS select boxes. This carefully curated selection brings you a diverse range of hand-picked, free HTML and CSS select box code examples sourced from respected platforms like CodePen, GitHub, and other invaluable resources.

As of July 2023, our collection is enriched with two new additions, ensuring you have access to the most cutting-edge and visually appealing select box designs for your web projects.

Your web forms are often the first point of interaction between users and your website. Make a lasting impression with CSS select boxes that not only serve their functional purpose but also add a touch of elegance to your projects.

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Author

  • yoo jin seong

Made with

  • HTML / CSS

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Select Box

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: no

Dependencies: -

Author

  • Raúl Barrera

Made with

  • HTML / CSS (SCSS)

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Pure CSS Select 2.0

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: no

Dependencies: -

Author

  • Stephanie Eckles

Made with

  • HTML / CSS (SCSS)

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Custom Select Field Styling with Only CSS

Demo of how to create a cross-browser custom styled select.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: yes

Dependencies: -

Author

  • Steffen

Made with

  • HTML / CSS

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CSS Only Dropdown

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: yes

Dependencies: -

Author

  • Andreas Storm

Made with

  • HTML (Pug) / CSS (Stylus)

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Select (Placeholder Disabled)

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: no

Dependencies: -

Author

  • FrankieDoodie

Made with

  • HTML / CSS

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Custom Select Box

Custom select box dropdown styling.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: yes

Dependencies: font-awesome.css

Author

  • Himalaya Sing

Made with

  • HTML / CSS

About the code

Pure CSS Select Box with Direction Aware Hover Effect

Pure CSS select box without any JavaScript. When there is hover on an option the motion of icon inside option is decided by the direction of hover i.e up hover or down hover (direction aware hover effect).

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: yes

Dependencies: font-awesome.css

Author

  • Veniamin

Made with

  • HTML (Pug) / CSS (SCSS)

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Pure CSS Select Box

Select box without using JavaScript and native element.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: yes

Dependencies: -

Demo image: Responsive Custom Select Box

Author

  • Dejan Babić

Made with

  • HTML
  • CSS/SCSS
  • JavaScript (jQuery.js)

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Responsive Custom Select Box

Responsive custom select box with custom scroll.

Demo image: Image Selection

Author

  • Lewis Robinson

Made with

  • HTML
  • CSS/SCSS
  • JavaScript (jQuery.js)

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Image Selection

Image Selection with faux-loading.

Demo image: Custom Select Wrapper

Author

  • Matheus Sales

Made with

  • HTML/Slim
  • CSS/Sass

About the code

Custom Select Wrapper

Custom CSS select wrapper.

Demo Image: Custom Select
Demo Image: Custom Select

Custom Select

A HTML, CSS and jQuery custom select.
Made by Alessandro Falchi
April 5, 2017

Demo Image: Custom Select An Option
Demo Image: Custom Select An Option

Custom Select An Option

Custom select, designed to change the typical style of the select in browsers, using JS to display the list when it clicks, and SCSS, to give it style. The Attribute selected work good, test it.
Made by Dany Santos
February 8, 2017

Demo Image: Material Design Select Dropdown
Demo Image: Material Design Select Dropdown

Material Design Select Dropdown

Material Design select dropdown with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Made by Sam Murphey
January 20, 2017

Demo Image: Select Option Interaction
Demo Image: Select Option Interaction

Select Option Interaction

Great example of clean animation. Built with TweenMax GSAP.
Made by Bhakti Al Akbar
December 7, 2016

Demo Image: Select Boxes
Demo Image: Select Boxes

Select Boxes

Select-boxes with HTML, CSS and JS.
Made by Nipun Paradkar
October 22, 2016

Demo Image: CSS Styled And Filterable Select Dropdown
Demo Image: CSS Styled And Filterable Select Dropdown

CSS Styled And Filterable Select Dropdown

Select dropdown - styled and filterable using HTML, CSS and vanilla JS. Works using a input field to grab the value from the dropdown list.
Made by Mari Johannessen
October 13, 2016

Demo Image: CSS Only Select
Demo Image: CSS Only Select

CSS Only Select

CSS only select (radio + checkbox).
Made by Aoyue
August 24, 2016

Demo Image: Select Box With Placeholder
Demo Image: Select Box With Placeholder

Select Box With Placeholder

HTML and CSS select box with placeholder.
Made by James Nowland
May 16, 2016

Demo Image: CSS Only Select
Demo Image: CSS Only Select

CSS Only Select

Select input using radio inputs.
Made by Nicolas Udy
May 9, 2016

Demo Image: Pure CSS Select
Demo Image: Pure CSS Select

Pure CSS Select

Select input, only CSS.
Made by Raúl Barrera
April 8, 2016

Demo Image: Pretty Select Dropdown
Demo Image: Pretty Select Dropdown

Pretty Select Dropdown

This still uses inputs to maintain the form submission variables, while relying primarily on CSS.
Made by j0be
January 15, 2016

Demo Image: Custom Select Box
Demo Image: Custom Select Box

Custom Select Box

Custom select box with jQuery.
Made by Vijaya Kumar Vulchi
January 7, 2016

Demo Image: Material Design Select
Demo Image: Material Design Select

Material Design Select

Material design select jQuery version.
Made by LukyVJ
January 3, 2016

Author

  • Paul Grant

Made with

  • HTML / CSS

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Styled Select Options

Styled select options using CSS3 and Flexbox.

Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive: yes

Dependencies: -