Setting the height of a SELECT in IE

Question

IE seems to ignore the height set in CSS when rendering a HTML SELECT. Are there any work around\'s for this or do we have to just accept IE will not look as good as other b

Answer 1

select{
  *zoom: 1.6;
  *font-size: 9px;
}

If you change properties, size of select will change also in IE7.

Answer 2

i wanted to set the height of the select box to be smaller than the default. i used

select {
   position: relative;
   height: 10px !important;
   display: inline-block;
}

this works on ie7 and ie8. you might only need the height property, i just added the position and display to override properties inherited from higher up the dom.