I created a custom checkbox that is enclosed in a scrollable div.
My problem: the dropdown takes up wrapper space. That is, it looks like this:

But I want this to be fixed relative to the parent shell, for example:

I can achieve this result by removing position:relative;from .select_box. However, it breaks up the interval between the input field and the list (which I don't need) as follows:

Here is my code -
HTML:
<div id="wrapper">
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<br/><br/>
<div class="select_box">
<input type="text" onMouseDown="show_list(this)" onblur="hide_list(this)" readonly/>
<ul style="width:200px;">
<li>1</li>
<li>2</li>
<li>3</li>
<li>4</li>
<li>5</li>
<li>6</li>
<li>7</li>
<li>8</li>
<li>9</li>
<li>10</li>
<li>11</li>
<li>12</li>
<li>13</li>
</ul>
</div><br/><br/>
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</div>
JQuery
function show_list(element) {
$(element).next().toggle();
if ($(element).next().css('display') == 'none') $(element).css('background', 'url(select_box_arrow.png) no-repeat 95%');
else $(element).css('background', 'url(select_box_arrow_inverted.png) no-repeat 95%');
}
function hide_list(element) {
$(element).next().hide();
$(element).css('background', 'url(select_box_arrow.png) no-repeat 95%');
}
$(document).ready(function () {
$("div[class='select_box'] input:text").css("padding", "0 10px");
$("div[class='select_box'] li").mousedown(function () {
$(this).parent().prev().attr('value', $(this).text());
});
});
CSS
height:200px;
width:400px;
border:Solid 1px;
overflow:auto;
}
/* CSS for customized select box */
.select_box {
display:inline-block;
//position:relative;
}
.select_box input[type="text"] {
width:200px;
height:25px;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
border-radius:2px;
background:url(select_box_arrow.png) no-repeat 95%;
font-size:15px;
outline:none;
cursor:pointer;
vertical-align:middle;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
.select_box input[type="text"]:focus {
border-color:#FFC59D;
box-shadow:0 0 10px #FFC59D;
}
.select_box ul {
list-style:none;
padding:0;
margin:0;
margin-top:2px;
font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
line-height:25px;
font-size:15px;
font-weight:normal;
border:solid 1px #FFC59D;
width:220px;
max-height:250px;
overflow:auto;
display:none;
position:absolute;
background:#fff;
color:#000000;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #ff6600;
scrollbar-track-color: #FFC59D;
scrollbar-face-color: #ff6600;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #ff6600;
}
.select_box li {
padding-left:10px;
}
.select_box li:hover {
background:#FF9D5B;
color:#fff;
cursor:default;
}
.select_box ::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 12px;
border:solid 1px #FFC59D;
border-left-width:2px;
}
.select_box ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
background:#FFC59D;
}
.select_box ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:window-inactive {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
background:#FFC59D;
}
Working script.
Is there a simple CSS solution? I am also open to solutions through jQuery.