To achieve this, you can use optgroup
<div class="container"> <select> <optgroup label="Group 1"> <option>Item 1</option> <option>Item 2</option> <option>Item 3</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Group 2"> <option>Item 1</option> <option>Item 2</option> <option>Item 3</option> </optgroup> </select> </diV>
Updated script: http://jsfiddle.net/codovations/M8pSH/
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