How can I set the background color of <option> in a <select> element?
I assume you mean the <select> input element?
Support for that is pretty new, but FF 3.6, Chrome and IE 8 render this all right:
<select name="select">
<option value="1" style="background-color: blue">Test</option>
<option value="2" style="background-color: green">Test</option>
</select>select.list1 option.option2
{
background-color: #007700;
}<select class="list1">
<option value="1">Option 1</option>
<option value="2" class="option2">Option 2</option>
</select>I had this problem too. I found setting the appearance to none helped.
.class {
appearance:none;
-moz-appearance:none;
-webkit-appearance:none;
background-color: red;
}