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

Interesting test here http://cssdeck.com/labs/styling-select-box-with-css3

The author covered the arrow on the right hand side and created its own, using vendor prefixed css to target different browsers. after doing that, your padding is all free.