There's a new spec for better dropdowns in the works: https://css-tricks.com/the-selectmenu-element/ https://css-tricks.com/the-selectmenu-element/ The whole r

There's a new spec for better dropdowns in the works: https://css-tricks.com/the-selectmenu-element/ https://css-tricks.com/the-selectmenu-element/ The whole reason they've been bad is "We can't change `<select>` because it would break backwards compatibility". So the new solution is to create a new element: `<selectmenu>` which is made to be customised, while still being accessible.