Removing the IE10 Select Element Arrow
So, with Mozilla and WebKit I have a half-decent solution replacing the arrow on the select box using appearance: none; and having a parent element.
In IE for the most part I disabled this feature. For IE10 I can't actually disable it since my conditional comments don't actually work.
Here is my markup:
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html class="ie6"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]> <html class="ie7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html class="ie8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9 ]> <html class="ie9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 9)]> <html class="ie10plus"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE)]><!--> <html> <!--<![endif]-->
The class ie10plus doesn't actually make it's way to the markup.
I also feel like there might be a legitimate way to replace the arrow in IE. I am not opposed to actually fixing the problem. appearance: none; however does not work. So what can I do here?
Answer
Avoid browser-sniffing and conditional comments (which aren't supported as of Internet Explorer 10), and instead take a more standard approach. With this particular issue you should be targeting the ::-ms-expand pseudo element:
select::-ms-expand {
display: none;
}