title: Absolute positioned element hidden within select2 container bounds
body: <p>I want my absolute positioned element with the class <code>.box</code> to overflow the select2 container's bounds, but it doesn't seem to work.</p>
  
  <p>HTML:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div&gt;
    &lt;img class='nasaLogo' src='https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4579/NASA_meatball.png'/&gt;
    &lt;span&gt;Multi select with image using Select2&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  
  &lt;select style="width:300px" id="states" multiple="true"&gt;
    &lt;option value=""&gt;&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;optgroup label="Alaskan/Hawaiian Time Zone"&gt;
      &lt;option value="AK"&gt;Alaska&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value="HI"&gt;Hawaii&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;/optgroup&gt;  
  &lt;/select&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>CSS:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@import "compass/css3";
  
  #states{
    margin: 20px;
  }
  
  .box {
    position: absolute;
    width: 500px;
    height: 50px;
    background-color: red;
  }
  
  .nasaLogo{
    max-width: 24px;
  }
  
  .select2-container {
      margin: 0;
      position: relative;
      display: inline-block;
      /* inline-block for ie7 */
      zoom: 1;
      *display: inline;
      vertical-align: middle;
  }
  
  .select2-container,
  .select2-drop,
  .select2-search,
  .select2-search input {
    /*
      Force border-box so that % widths fit the parent
      container without overlap because of margin/padding.
      More Info : https://www.quirksmode.org/css/box.html
    */
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; /* webkit */
       -moz-box-sizing: border-box; /* firefox */
            box-sizing: border-box; /* css3 */
  }
  
  .select2-container .select2-choice {
      display: block;
      height: 26px;
      padding: 0 0 0 8px;
      overflow: hidden;
      position: relative;
  
      border: 1px solid #aaa;
      white-space: nowrap;
      line-height: 26px;
      color: #444;
      text-decoration: none;
  
      border-radius: 4px;
  
      background-clip: padding-box;
  
      -webkit-touch-callout: none;
        -webkit-user-select: none;
           -moz-user-select: none;
            -ms-user-select: none;
                user-select: none;
  
      background-color: #fff;
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #eee), color-stop(0.5, #fff));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 50%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 50%);
      filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ffffff', endColorstr = '#eeeeee', GradientType = 0);
      background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
  }
  
  .select2-container.select2-drop-above .select2-choice {
      border-bottom-color: #aaa;
  
      border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
  
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #eee), color-stop(0.9, #fff));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 90%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eee 0%, #fff 90%);
      filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#eeeeee', GradientType=0);
      background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eee 0%, #fff 90%);
  }
  
  .select2-container.select2-allowclear .select2-choice .select2-chosen {
      margin-right: 42px;
  }
  
  .select2-container .select2-choice &gt; .select2-chosen {
      margin-right: 26px;
      display: block;
      overflow: hidden;
  
      white-space: nowrap;
  
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }
  
  .select2-container .select2-choice abbr {
      display: none;
      width: 12px;
      height: 12px;
      position: absolute;
      right: 24px;
      top: 8px;
  
      font-size: 1px;
      text-decoration: none;
  
      border: 0;
      background: url('select2.png') right top no-repeat;
      cursor: pointer;
      outline: 0;
  }
  
  .select2-container.select2-allowclear .select2-choice abbr {
      display: inline-block;
  }
  
  .select2-container .select2-choice abbr:hover {
      background-position: right -11px;
      cursor: pointer;
  }
  
  .select2-drop-mask {
      border: 0;
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      position: fixed;
      left: 0;
      top: 0;
      min-height: 100%;
      min-width: 100%;
      height: auto;
      width: auto;
      opacity: 0;
      z-index: 9998;
      /* styles required for IE to work */
      background-color: #fff;
      filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  }
  
  .select2-drop {
      width: 100%;
      margin-top: -1px;
      position: absolute;
      z-index: 9999;
      top: 100%;
  
      background: #fff;
      color: #000;
      border: 1px solid #aaa;
      border-top: 0;
  
      border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
  
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
              box-shadow: 0 4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
  }
  
  .select2-drop.select2-drop-above {
      margin-top: 1px;
      border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
      border-bottom: 0;
  
      border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
  
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 -4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
              box-shadow: 0 -4px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
  }
  
  .select2-drop-active {
      border: 1px solid #5897fb;
      border-top: none;
  }
  
  .select2-drop.select2-drop-above.select2-drop-active {
      border-top: 1px solid #5897fb;
  }
  
  .select2-drop-auto-width {
      border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
      width: auto;
  }
  
  .select2-drop-auto-width .select2-search {
      padding-top: 4px;
  }
  
  .select2-container .select2-choice .select2-arrow {
      display: inline-block;
      width: 18px;
      height: 100%;
      position: absolute;
      right: 0;
      top: 0;
  
      border-left: 1px solid #aaa;
      border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
  
      background-clip: padding-box;
  
      background: #ccc;
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #ccc), color-stop(0.6, #eee));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
      filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#eeeeee', endColorstr = '#cccccc', GradientType = 0);
      background-image: linear-gradient(top, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
  }
  
  .select2-container .select2-choice .select2-arrow b {
      display: block;
      width: 100%;
      height: 100%;
      background: url('select2.png') no-repeat 0 1px;
  }
  
  .select2-search {
      display: inline-block;
      width: 100%;
      min-height: 26px;
      margin: 0;
      padding-left: 4px;
      padding-right: 4px;
  
      position: relative;
      z-index: 10000;
  
      white-space: nowrap;
  }
  
  .select2-search input {
      width: 100%;
      height: auto !important;
      min-height: 26px;
      padding: 4px 20px 4px 5px;
      margin: 0;
  
      outline: 0;
      font-family: sans-serif;
      font-size: 1em;
  
      border: 1px solid #aaa;
      border-radius: 0;
  
      -webkit-box-shadow: none;
              box-shadow: none;
  
      background: #fff url('select2.png') no-repeat 100% -22px;
      background: url('select2.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0.85, #fff), color-stop(0.99, #eee));
      background: url('select2.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
      background: url('select2.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
      background: url('select2.png') no-repeat 100% -22px, linear-gradient(top, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
  }
  
  .select2-drop.select2-drop-above .select2-search input {
      margin-top: 4px;
  }
  
  .select2-search input.select2-active {
      background: #fff url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%;
      background: url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0.85, #fff), color-stop(0.99, #eee));
      background: url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
      background: url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
      background: url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%, linear-gradient(top, #fff 85%, #eee 99%);
  }
  
  .select2-container-active .select2-choice,
  .select2-container-active .select2-choices {
      border: 1px solid #5897fb;
      outline: none;
  
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
              box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
  }
  
  .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choice {
      border-bottom-color: transparent;
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff inset;
              box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff inset;
  
      border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
      border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
  
      background-color: #eee;
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0, #fff), color-stop(0.5, #eee));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
      filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#ffffff', GradientType=0);
      background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
  }
  
  .select2-dropdown-open.select2-drop-above .select2-choice,
  .select2-dropdown-open.select2-drop-above .select2-choices {
      border: 1px solid #5897fb;
      border-top-color: transparent;
  
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #fff), color-stop(0.5, #eee));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center top, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
      filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#ffffff', GradientType=0);
      background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, #fff 0%, #eee 50%);
  }
  
  .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choice .select2-arrow {
      background: transparent;
      border-left: none;
      filter: none;
  }
  .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choice .select2-arrow b {
      background-position: -18px 1px;
  }
  
  /* results */
  .select2-results {
      max-height: 200px;
      padding: 0 0 0 4px;
      margin: 4px 4px 4px 0;
      position: relative;
      overflow-x: hidden;
      overflow-y: auto;
      -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
  }
  
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub {
      margin: 0;
      padding-left: 0;
  }
  
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 20px }
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 40px }
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 60px }
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 80px }
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 100px }
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 110px }
  .select2-results ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub ul.select2-result-sub &gt; li .select2-result-label { padding-left: 120px }
  
  .select2-results li {
      list-style: none;
      display: list-item;
      background-image: none;
  }
  
  .select2-results li.select2-result-with-children &gt; .select2-result-label {
      font-weight: bold;
  }
  
  .select2-results .select2-result-label {
      padding: 3px 7px 4px;
      margin: 0;
      cursor: pointer;
  
      min-height: 1em;
  
      -webkit-touch-callout: none;
        -webkit-user-select: none;
           -moz-user-select: none;
            -ms-user-select: none;
                user-select: none;
  }
  
  .select2-results .select2-highlighted {
      background: #3875d7;
      color: #fff;
  }
  
  .select2-results li em {
      background: #feffde;
      font-style: normal;
  }
  
  .select2-results .select2-highlighted em {
      background: transparent;
  }
  
  .select2-results .select2-highlighted ul {
      background: #fff;
      color: #000;
  }
  
  
  .select2-results .select2-no-results,
  .select2-results .select2-searching,
  .select2-results .select2-selection-limit {
      background: #f4f4f4;
      display: list-item;
  }
  
  /*
  disabled look for disabled choices in the results dropdown
  */
  .select2-results .select2-disabled.select2-highlighted {
      color: #666;
      background: #f4f4f4;
      display: list-item;
      cursor: default;
  }
  .select2-results .select2-disabled {
    background: #f4f4f4;
    display: list-item;
    cursor: default;
  }
  
  .select2-results .select2-selected {
      display: none;
  }
  
  .select2-more-results.select2-active {
      background: #f4f4f4 url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100%;
  }
  
  .select2-more-results {
      background: #f4f4f4;
      display: list-item;
  }
  
  /* disabled styles */
  
  .select2-container.select2-container-disabled .select2-choice {
      background-color: #f4f4f4;
      background-image: none;
      border: 1px solid #ddd;
      cursor: default;
  }
  
  .select2-container.select2-container-disabled .select2-choice .select2-arrow {
      background-color: #f4f4f4;
      background-image: none;
      border-left: 0;
  }
  
  .select2-container.select2-container-disabled .select2-choice abbr {
      display: none;
  }
  
  
  /* multiselect */
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices {
      height: auto !important;
      height: 1%;
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      position: relative;
  
      border: 1px solid #aaa;
      cursor: text;
      overflow: hidden;
  
      background-color: #fff;
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(1%, #eee), color-stop(15%, #fff));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eee 1%, #fff 15%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee 1%, #fff 15%);
      background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eee 1%, #fff 15%);
  }
  
  .select2-locked {
    padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px !important;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices {
      min-height: 26px;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi.select2-container-active .select2-choices {
      border: 1px solid #5897fb;
      outline: none;
  
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
              box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
  }
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices li {
      float: left;
      list-style: none;
  }
  html[dir="rtl"] .select2-container-multi .select2-choices li
  {
      float: right;
  }
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-field {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      white-space: nowrap;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-field input {
      padding: 5px;
      margin: 1px 0;
  
      font-family: sans-serif;
      font-size: 100%;
      color: #666;
      outline: 0;
      border: 0;
      -webkit-box-shadow: none;
              box-shadow: none;
      background: transparent !important;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-field input.select2-active {
      background: #fff url('select2-spinner.gif') no-repeat 100% !important;
  }
  
  .select2-default {
      color: #999 !important;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-choice {
      padding: 3px 5px 3px 18px;
      margin: 3px 0 3px 5px;
      position: relative;
  
      line-height: 13px;
      color: #333;
      cursor: default;
      border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
  
      border-radius: 3px;
  
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #fff inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
              box-shadow: 0 0 2px #fff inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
  
      background-clip: padding-box;
  
      -webkit-touch-callout: none;
        -webkit-user-select: none;
           -moz-user-select: none;
            -ms-user-select: none;
                user-select: none;
  
      background-color: #e4e4e4;
      filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#f4f4f4', GradientType=0);
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(20%, #f4f4f4), color-stop(50%, #f0f0f0), color-stop(52%, #e8e8e8), color-stop(100%, #eee));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eee 100%);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eee 100%);
      background-image: linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eee 100%);
  }
  html[dir="rtl"] .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-choice
  {
      margin-left: 0;
      margin-right: 5px;
  }
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-choice .select2-chosen {
      cursor: default;
  }
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-choice-focus {
      background: #d4d4d4;
  }
  
  .select2-search-choice-close {
      display: block;
      width: 12px;
      height: 13px;
      position: absolute;
      right: 3px;
      top: 4px;
  
      font-size: 1px;
      outline: none;
      background: url('select2.png') right top no-repeat;
  }
  html[dir="rtl"] .select2-search-choice-close {
      right: auto;
      left: 3px;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-search-choice-close {
      left: 3px;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-choice .select2-search-choice-close:hover {
    background-position: right -11px;
  }
  .select2-container-multi .select2-choices .select2-search-choice-focus .select2-search-choice-close {
      background-position: right -11px;
  }
  
  /* disabled styles */
  .select2-container-multi.select2-container-disabled .select2-choices {
      background-color: #f4f4f4;
      background-image: none;
      border: 1px solid #ddd;
      cursor: default;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi.select2-container-disabled .select2-choices .select2-search-choice {
      padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
      border: 1px solid #ddd;
      background-image: none;
      background-color: #f4f4f4;
  }
  
  .select2-container-multi.select2-container-disabled .select2-choices .select2-search-choice .select2-search-choice-close {    display: none;
      background: none;
  }
  /* end multiselect */
  
  
  .select2-result-selectable .select2-match,
  .select2-result-unselectable .select2-match {
      text-decoration: underline;
  }
  
  .select2-offscreen, .select2-offscreen:focus {
      clip: rect(0 0 0 0) !important;
      width: 1px !important;
      height: 1px !important;
      border: 0 !important;
      margin: 0 !important;
      padding: 0 !important;
      overflow: hidden !important;
      position: absolute !important;
      outline: 0 !important;
      left: 0px !important;
      top: 0px !important;
  }
  
  .select2-display-none {
      display: none;
  }
  
  .select2-measure-scrollbar {
      position: absolute;
      top: -10000px;
      left: -10000px;
      width: 100px;
      height: 100px;
      overflow: scroll;
  }
  /* Retina-ize icons */
  
  @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5), only screen and (min-resolution: 144dpi)  {
    .select2-search input, .select2-search-choice-close, .select2-container .select2-choice abbr, .select2-container .select2-choice .select2-arrow b {
        background-image: url('select2x2.png') !important;
        background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
        background-size: 60px 40px !important;
    }
    .select2-search input {
        background-position: 100% -21px !important;
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>JS:</p>
  
  <pre><code>function format(state) {
              if (!state.id) return state.text; // optgroup
              return "&lt;div class='box'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;" + state.text;
          }
  
  
    $("#states").select2({
      placeholder: "Select a state",
      allowClear: true,
      formatResult: format,
      formatSelection: format
    });
  </code></pre>
  
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