How to remove the arrow from a select element in Firefox

Question

I\'m trying to style a select element using CSS3. I\'m getting the results I desire in WebKit (Chrome / Safari), but Firefox isn\'t playing nicely (I\'m not ev

Answer 1

Important Update:

As of Firefox V35 the appearance property now works !!

From firefox's official release notes on V35:

Using -moz-appearance with the none value on a combobox now remove the dropdown button (bug 649849).

So now in order to hide the default arrow - it's as easy as adding the following rules on our select element:

select {
   -webkit-appearance: none;
   -moz-appearance: none;
   appearance: none;
}

DEMO

select {
  margin: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #111;
  background: transparent;
  width: 150px;
  padding: 5px;
  font-size: 16px;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  height: 34px;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  -moz-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
}

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