Consider this as your drop down. <select id="last_used_edit"> <option value="" disabled selected>Year</option> <option value="1" selected="{{option3Selected 'Option 1'}}" >Option 1</option> <option value="2" selected="{{option3Selected 'Option 2'}}" >Option 2</option> <option value="3" selected="{{option3Selected 'Option 3'}}" >Option 3</option> <option value="4" selected="{{option3Selected 'Option 4'}}" >Option 34</option> </select> Replace the above with this Step 1 . <div class="ui selection dropdown"> <input type="hidden" name="test" value="" /> <div class="text">Test</div> <i class="dropdown icon"></i> ...