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That already exists because it's just a styled dropdown menu. If you remove the CSS, it reverts back to an unstyled dropdown menu like what is seen at the beginning of the article: https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/...

Yeah, and maybe I'm overcomplicating this in my head, but it's based on my difficult experience trying to reduce distracting/annoying styling ad-hoc. My ideal is something that's able to "universally" produce a barebones version of a page that matches its original layout as best it can, and otherwise leaves it semi functional/readable. Maybe I just haven't spent enough time sitting and thinking about how to do this generically and it's easier than I think.

Would changing your usercontent.css or uBlock Origin filter to set all select appearance attributes to auto help? There are some challenges, like the custom style could hide elements, but I think that should give fall-back equivilent styling.

This is still better than currebt monstrosities because the underlying select should still be an actual select (including keyboard navigation etc.)