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Comment by t1234s | original | HTML Can Do That
[−]t1234s · 2026-08-20 Thu 20:39 UTC · link
HTML did <select> since inception but that didn't stop people from trying to reinvent it using <div> and a bunch of JS.

All these great built in features, especially typeahead, wont be mainstream until they can be excessively styled.

[−]vips7L · 2026-08-20 Thu 20:45 UTC · link
Isn’t that because select wasn’t style-able?
[−]seanclayton · 2026-08-20 Thu 21:55 UTC · link
> All these great built in features, especially typeahead, wont be mainstream until they can be excessively styled.

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/a-customizable-select