Change Select List Option background colour on hover in html [duplicate]
Currently there is no way to apply a css to get your desired result . Why not use libraries like choosen or select2 . These allow you to style the way you want.
If you don want to use third party libraries then you can make a simple un-ordered list and play with some css.Here is thread you could follow
How to convert <select> dropdown into an unordered list using jquery?
No, it's not possible.
It's really, if not use native selects, if you create custom select widget from html elements, t.e. "li".