How can I remove the gloss on a select element in Safari on Mac?

Question

On Macs and iOS devices, in Safari, a <select> element with a background color generates a gloss over itself. This does not seem to happen in other operating systems.

For example, I have a select element with these style properties:

select {
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 3px 6px;
margin: 10px 0 7px;
width: 250px;
background-color: #BD2786;
color: white;
letter-spacing: -.04em;
font-weight: bold;
border: 0;
}

And my element has the background color I want, but the gloss is still there. Does anyone know how to make it a flat color?

Answer 1

@beanland; You have to write

-webkit-appearance:none;

in your css.

read this http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/14/css-webkit-appearance/

Answer 2

Using -webkit-appearance:none; will remove also the arrows indicating that this is a dropdown.

See this snippet that makes it work across different browsers an adds custom arrows without including any image files:

select{
	background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) no-repeat 95% 50%;
	-moz-appearance: none; 
	-webkit-appearance: none; 
	appearance: none;
    /* and then whatever styles you want*/
	height: 30px; 
	width: 100px;
	padding: 5px;
}

<select>
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>