Padding in select boxes

Question

I know select boxes are a bit of a pain to style with css, but without resorting to advanced techniques is there anyway I can add some padding to push down the text a bit withou

Answer 1

Since select boxes appear differently on different browsers and especially operating systems, you cannot guarantee a consistency.

For example, the minimal amount of formatting I can do on a mac is this:

select { height:40px; background:transparent; }

And it looks like this: