Native Select

The native HTML select restyled for forms, filters, and country pickers — OS-rendered dropdown with neobrutalist borders and shadows.

For a styled select component, see the Select component.

import {
  NativeSelect,
  NativeSelectOption,

The native select is a thin styling layer over the browser's own <select> element — no primitive, no portal, no JavaScript. The closed control gets the neobrutalist recipe — thick borders, hard shadows, and bold type — while the open list stays the OS picker.

Reach for it when:

Country, timezone, and currency pickers — long option lists the OS renders faster than any custom popover.
Mobile-heavy forms — iOS and Android swap in their native picker wheel, which beats a custom dropdown on a small screen.
Plain form posts — it's a real <select name="…">, so the value submits with the form and works before hydration.

Installation


pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/native-select.json
npx shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/native-select.json
yarn dlx shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/native-select.json
bunx --bun shadcn@latest add https://neobrutalism.com/r/base/native-select.json

Copy and paste the following code into your project.

components/ui/native-select.tsx

import * as React from "react"
import { ChevronDownIcon } from "lucide-react"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

type NativeSelectProps = Omit<React.ComponentProps<"select">, "size"> & {
  size?: "sm" | "default"
}

function NativeSelect({
  className,
  size = "default",
  ...props
}: NativeSelectProps) {
  return (
    <div
      className={cn(
        "group/native-select relative w-fit has-[select:disabled]:opacity-50",
        className
      )}
      data-slot="native-select-wrapper"
      data-size={size}
    >
      <select
        data-slot="native-select"
        data-size={size}
        className="h-8 w-full min-w-0 appearance-none rounded border-2 bg-input py-2 pr-8 pl-3 text-sm shadow-sm transition-colors outline-none select-none selection:bg-primary selection:text-primary-foreground placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-primary disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:cursor-not-allowed aria-invalid:border-destructive data-[size=sm]:h-7 data-[size=sm]:rounded data-[size=sm]:py-0.5"
        {...props}
      />
      <ChevronDownIcon
        className="pointer-events-none absolute top-1/2 right-2.5 size-4 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground select-none"
        aria-hidden="true"
        data-slot="native-select-icon"
      />
    </div>
  )
}

function NativeSelectOption({
  className,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"option">) {
  return (
    <option
      data-slot="native-select-option"
      className={cn("bg-[Canvas] text-[CanvasText]", className)}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

function NativeSelectOptGroup({
  className,
  ...props
}: React.ComponentProps<"optgroup">) {
  return (
    <optgroup
      data-slot="native-select-optgroup"
      className={cn("bg-[Canvas] text-[CanvasText]", className)}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export { NativeSelect, NativeSelectOptGroup, NativeSelectOption }

Update the import paths to match your project setup.

Usage

import {
  NativeSelect,
  NativeSelectOptGroup,
  NativeSelectOption,
} from "@/components/ui/native-select"

<NativeSelect>
  <NativeSelectOption value="">Select a fruit</NativeSelectOption>
  <NativeSelectOption value="apple">Apple</NativeSelectOption>
  <NativeSelectOption value="banana">Banana</NativeSelectOption>
  <NativeSelectOption value="blueberry">Blueberry</NativeSelectOption>
  <NativeSelectOption value="pineapple">Pineapple</NativeSelectOption>
</NativeSelect>

Composition

Simple

Options placed directly under NativeSelect (no NativeSelectOptGroup).

NativeSelect
├── NativeSelectOption
├── NativeSelectOption
├── NativeSelectOption
└── NativeSelectOption

With groups

Use NativeSelectOptGroup to organize options into categories.

NativeSelect
├── NativeSelectOptGroup
│   ├── NativeSelectOption
│   └── NativeSelectOption
└── NativeSelectOptGroup
    ├── NativeSelectOption
    └── NativeSelectOption

Examples

Groups

Use NativeSelectOptGroup to organize options into categories.

import {
  NativeSelect,
  NativeSelectOptGroup,

Disabled

Add the disabled prop to the NativeSelect component to disable the select.

import {
  NativeSelect,
  NativeSelectOption,

Invalid

Use aria-invalid to show validation errors and the data-invalid attribute to the Field component for styling.

import {
  NativeSelect,
  NativeSelectOption,

Native Select vs Select

Use NativeSelect for native browser behavior, better performance, or mobile-optimized dropdowns.
Use Select for custom styling, animations, or complex interactions.

RTL

To enable RTL support in Neobrutalism.com, see the RTL configuration guide.

"use client"

import * as React from "react"

Accessibility

This is the platform's own <select>, which browsers already expose to assistive technology — it's the control the WAI-ARIA select-only combobox pattern exists to emulate. No ARIA wiring needed; just give it an accessible name via <Label htmlFor> or aria-label.

Keyboard behavior is supplied by the browser, so bindings vary slightly across OS and browser. The common set:

Key	Action
`Space` / `Alt + ArrowDown`	Open the option list
`ArrowDown` / `ArrowUp`	Highlight the next / previous option
`Home` / `End`	Jump to the first / last option
`Enter`	Commit the highlighted option and close the list
`Escape`	Close the list without changing the value
Printable characters	Typeahead — jump to the next option matching what you type

API Reference

NativeSelect

The main select component that wraps the native HTML select element.

<NativeSelect>
  <NativeSelectOption value="option1">Option 1</NativeSelectOption>
  <NativeSelectOption value="option2">Option 2</NativeSelectOption>
</NativeSelect>

NativeSelectOption

Represents an individual option within the select.

Prop	Type	Default
`value`	`string`
`disabled`	`boolean`	`false`

NativeSelectOptGroup

Groups related options together for better organization.

Prop	Type	Default
`label`	`string`
`disabled`	`boolean`	`false`

<NativeSelectOptGroup label="Fruits">
  <NativeSelectOption value="apple">Apple</NativeSelectOption>
  <NativeSelectOption value="banana">Banana</NativeSelectOption>
</NativeSelectOptGroup>