Title: Styling categories drop down widget
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Styling categories drop down widget

 *  [Spiff75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiff75/)
 * (@spiff75)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-categories-drop-down-widget/)
 * I already styled most of it what I wanted but I don’t seem to get rid of the 
   options borders and hover background color of an option.
 * How do I css those?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-categories-drop-down-widget/#post-3690740)
 * Try using Firefox with the [Firebug add-on](http://getfirebug.com/) for this 
   kind of CSS troubleshooting. Or use whatever developer tool is available in your
   web browser.
 *  Thread Starter [Spiff75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiff75/)
 * (@spiff75)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-categories-drop-down-widget/#post-3690931)
 * Thanks but I can already see the code from right click-view source or just dl:
   ing the page. Unless theres some deeper feature in firebug…?
 * The code is:
 *     ```
       <div id="categories_widget">
       Kategoriat
       <select id="cat" class="postform" name="cat">
       <option value="-1">Select Category</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="6">Asetelma</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="8">Eläimet</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="11">Ihmiset</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="9">Kasvit</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="7">Maisema</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="4">Mustavalko</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="10">Rakennukset</option>
       <option class="level-0" value="5">Värikuva</option>
       </select>
       ```
   
 * I just don’t know what to change and how. I’ve tried all kinds of variations 
   and still trying…
 * Also is it possible to change the “Select Category” default text?
    If not, I’ll
   probably have to cut this feature.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-categories-drop-down-widget/#post-3690942)
 * > Unless theres some deeper feature in firebug
 * If all you’ve been doing is looking at the source of a page to troubleshoot issues,
   Firebug will be a a complete revelation. It will cut your development and troubleshooting
   time in half. Seriously, try it out.

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-categories-drop-down-widget/#post-3690942)
 * Status: not resolved

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