How to style the option of an html “select” element?

Answer 1

Actually you can add :before and :after and style those. At least it's something

option{
    font-size:18px;
    background-color:#ffffff;
}
option:before{
    content: ">";
    font-size:20px;
    display:none;
    padding-right:10px;
    padding-left:5px;
    color:#fff;
}
option:hover:before{
    display:inline;
}