Get rid of <select> highlight in IE

Question

Trying to get rid of the blue highlight in IE. This is a select tag. When you pull down the dropbox and choose an option, the blue highlight appears. I am on a Mac and do not have IE so I cannot test it. Is it just background-color: transparent?

Here is an image of what I am seeing. http://postimg.org/image/xa8kmxfbt/

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use:

select::-ms-value {background: transparent;}

This will change its colour once selected, but while selecting, you'll still see that blue colour on hover.