After searching for an alternative to the typical dropdown selectors, I stumbled upon a neat custom version on W3schools. However, I encountered an issue where it clashes with bootstrap. Despite including select: hide; in the CSS, the original dropdown selector continues to appear behind my new custom dropdown.
Below is an example of the code that highlights my problem.
Any suggestions or ideas from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
var x, i, j, selElmnt, a, b, c;
/*look for any elements with the class "custom-select":*/
x = document.getElementsByClassName("custom-select");
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
selElmnt = x[i].getElementsByTagName("select")[0];
/*for each element, create a new DIV that will act as the selected item:*/
a = document.createElement("DIV");
a.setAttribute("class", "select-selected");
a.innerHTML = selElmnt.options[selElmnt.selectedIndex].innerHTML;
x[i].appendChild(a);
/*for each element, create a new DIV that will contain the option list:*/
b = document.createElement("DIV");
b.setAttribute("class", "select-items select-hide");
for (j = 1; j < selElmnt.length; j++) {
/*for each option in the original select element,
create a new DIV that will act as an option item:*/
c = document.createElement("DIV");
c.innerHTML = selElmnt.options[j].innerHTML;
c.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
/*when an item is clicked, update the original select box,
and the selected item:*/
var y, i, k, s, h;
s = this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("select")[0];
h = this.parentNode.previousSibling;
for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
if (s.options[i].innerHTML == this.innerHTML) {
s.selectedIndex = i;
h.innerHTML = this.innerHTML;
y = this.parentNode.getElementsByClassName("same-as-selected");
for (k = 0; k < y.length; k++) {
y[k].removeAttribute("class");
}
this.setAttribute("class", "same-as-selected");
break;
}
}
h.click();
});
b.appendChild(c);
}
x[i].appendChild(b);
a.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
/*when the select box is clicked, close any other select boxes,
and open/close the current select box:*/
e.stopPropagation();
closeAllSelect(this);
this.nextSibling.classList.toggle("select-hide");
this.classList.toggle("select-arrow-active");
});
}
function closeAllSelect(elmnt) {
/*a function that will close all select boxes in the document,
except the current select box:*/
var x, y, i, arrNo = [];
x = document.getElementsByClassName("select-items");
y = document.getElementsByClassName("select-selected");
for (i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
if (elmnt == y[i]) {
arrNo.push(i)
} else {
y[i].classList.remove("select-arrow-active");
}
}
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
if (arrNo.indexOf(i)) {
x[i].classList.add("select-hide");
}
}
}
/*if the user clicks anywhere outside the select box,
then close all select boxes:*/
document.addEventListener("click", closeAllSelect);/*the container must be positioned relative:*/
.custom-select {
position: relative;
font-family: Arial;
}
.custom-select select {
display: none; /*hide original SELECT element:*/
}
.select-selected {
background-color: DodgerBlue;
}
/*style the arrow inside the select element:*/
.select-selected:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
top: 14px;
right: 10px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 6px solid transparent;
border-color: #fff transparent transparent transparent;
}
/*point the arrow upwards when the select box is open (active):*/
.select-selected.select-arrow-active:after {
border-color: transparent transparent #fff transparent;
top: 7px;
}
/*style the items (options), including the selected item:*/
.select-items div,.select-selected {
color: #ffffff;
padding: 8px 16px;
border: 1px solid transparent;
border-color: transparent transparent rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) transparent;
cursor: pointer;
}
/*style items (options):*/
.select-items {
position: absolute;
background-color: DodgerBlue;
top: 100%;
left: 0;
right: 0;
z-index: 99;
}
/*hide the items when the select box is closed:*/
.select-hide {
display: none;
}
.select-items div:hover, .same-as-selected {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
} <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-WskhaSGFgHYWDcbwN70/dfYBj47jz9qbsMId/iRN3ewGhXQFZCSftd1LZCfmhktB" crossorigin="anonymous">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-4 pl-4">
<label class="pr-2">Timezone:</label>
<div class="custom-select" style="max-width: 60%;">
<select>
<option value="0">Select car:</option>
<option value="1">Audi</option>
<option value="2">BMW</option>
<option value="3">Citroen</option>
<option value="4">Ford</option>
<option value="5">Honda</option>
<option value="6">Jaguar</option>
<option value="7">Land Rover</option>
<option value="8">Mercedes</option>
<option value="9">Mini</option>
<option value="10">Nissan</option>
<option value="11">Toyota</option>
<option value="12">Volvo</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>