Styling option tags - css

Question

I have a drop down that contains options. I would like to partially break & bold some text as well as insert context breaks. I tried using CSS as well as HTML tags but I'm unable to get it. Can someone please suggest a solution?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I know this question is a bit old (or not new at least), but I'd like to show a very simple way to emulate a select element rather than using a "replacement plugin" as suggested in How to style the option of a html “select”?.
There are probably many, MANY ways to do this, but I try to keep things extremely simple, so my method of emulation only uses CSS. It is rather bare bones, but I'd like to point out that it is not a complicated thing to do so you might not need a plug in to do it.
Note1: Instead of using <option>, I used <label>. Since <label> is an interactive element, putting something interactive inside (like a <button>) would probably mess it up. Options are normally non-interactive anyway, but just be aware that this simple emulation can't do everything.
Note2: If you want to be able to select multiple options, just do a search for "radio" and replace with "checkbox".
Emulating Select Using Radio - No Collapse
input[type="radio"] {
display: none;
}
input[type="radio"]:checked + label {
background-color: black;
color: #28AADC;
}
/* none functional styles. just regular styling */
.radio_select {
background-color: #28AADC;
display: inline-block;
}
<div class="radio_select">
<div>
<input id="rad1" type="radio" name="radio_select" />
<label for="rad1">Option 1</label>
</div>
<div>
<input id="rad2" type="radio" name="radio_select" checked="checked" />
<label for="rad2">Option 2</label>
</div>
<div>
<input id="rad3" type="radio" name="radio_select" />
<label for="rad3">Option 3</label>
</div>
</div>
Radio select emulation - with collapse
Note: this won't work for mobile devices since it uses :hover.
input[type="radio"] {
display: none;
}
/* style this to your heart's content */
input[type="radio"] + label {
display: none;
}
input[type="radio"]:checked + label {
background-color: black;
color: #28AADC;
display: inline-block;
}
.radio_select:hover label {
display: inline-block;
}
/* none functional styles. just regular styling */
.radio_select {
background-color: #28AADC;
display: inline-block;
}
<!-- NOTE: This technique uses hover, so it won't work for mobile devices.
I couldn't think of a pure CSS way to solve that. Sorry. -->
<div class="radio_select">
<div>
<input id="rad1" type="radio" name="radio_select" />
<label for="rad1">Option 1</label>
</div>
<div>
<input id="rad2" type="radio" name="radio_select" />
<label for="rad2">Option 2</label>
</div>
<div>
<input id="rad3" type="radio" name="radio_select" checked="checked" />
<label for="rad3">Option 3</label>
</div>
</div>