How to change color of selection in select option?

Question

I'm trying to change color of selection in select option. I was trying to do this:

option::selection {background: #ccc;}
option::-moz-selection {background: #ccc;}
option::-webkit-selection {background: #ccc; color:#fff;}

But it doesn't work. This works only for simple text, not to option. Is there any way to change color of selection? I dont need to change background of selected option. I need to change color of selection.

Solution 1

try this one maybe it will be helpful for you.

select{
    margin:40px;
    background: yellow;
    color:#000;
    text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
}
option:not(:checked) { 
    background-color: #FFF; 
}

HTML

<select>
    <option val="">Select Option</option>
    <option val="1">Option 1</option>
    <option val="2">Option 2</option>
    <option val="3">Option 3</option>
    <option val="4">Option 4</option>
</select>

Demo JsFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/hamzanisar/yfg8vdme/

Solution 2

Hope this is what you expected.

function ChangedSelection()
{
var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").selectedIndex;
var color =document.getElementsByTagName("option")[x].value;
var y = document.getElementById("mySelect");
y.style.color=color;
}

<select id="mySelect" onchange="ChangedSelection()" style="Color:red;">
    <option value="red" selected="selected">Red</option>
    <option value="blue">Blue</option>
    <option value="Green">Green</option>
    <option value="Yellow">Yellow</option>
</select>

Comments

[Peter]

No, this works only for background of option itself. And I need to change directly color of selection, not color of option.