I\'ve just encountered an obscure issue with select boxes having additional space around text which doesn\'t seem part of the box model. Here are two pictures o
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To edit the select box you have to use jQuery (or javascript in general).
Anyway, you can solve the problem using this "trick":
http://jsfiddle.net/Clear/hwzd88o5/6/
Look at:
select.textIndent { height: 80px; line-height: 80px; width: 300px; padding-left: 50px !important; }
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