Article Category Joomla Module hack to display list in clickable dropdown field rather than in an unordered list.

default.php

<?php
/**
 * @package     Joomla.Site
 * @subpackage  mod_articles_category
 *
 * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2018 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
 */

defined('_JEXEC') or die;

?>
<ul class="category-module<?php echo $moduleclass_sfx; ?>">
	<?php if ($grouped) : ?>
		<?php foreach ($list as $group_name => $group) : ?>
		<li>		
			<div class="form-group">
		    <label for="article-select"><?php echo $group_name; ?></label>
		    <select class="form-control" id="article-select">
		    	<?php foreach ($group as $item) : ?>
		      		<option onclick="window.location ='<?php echo $item->link; ?>'"><?php echo $item->title; ?> 
		      			<?php if ($item->displayHits) : ?>
							<span class="mod-articles-category-hits">
								(<?php echo $item->displayHits; ?>)
							</span>
						<?php endif; ?>
						<?php if ($item->displayDate) : ?>
							<span class="mod-articles-category-date"><?php echo $item->displayDate; ?></span>
						<?php endif; ?>
					</option>
		      	<?php endforeach; ?>
		    </select>
			</div>
		</li>
		<?php endforeach; ?>
	<?php else : ?>
		<div class="form-group">
	    <label for="article-select">Select an Article</label>
	    <select class="form-control" id="article-select">
	    <?php foreach ($list as $item) : ?>
	      		<option onclick="window.location ='<?php echo $item->link; ?>'"><?php echo $item->title; ?> 
	      			<?php if ($item->displayHits) : ?>
						<span class="mod-articles-category-hits">
							(<?php echo $item->displayHits; ?>)
						</span>
					<?php endif; ?>
					<?php if ($item->displayDate) : ?>
						<span class="mod-articles-category-date"><?php echo $item->displayDate; ?></span>
					<?php endif; ?>
					<?php if ($item->displayCategoryTitle) : ?>
					<span class="mod-articles-category-category">
						(<?php echo $item->displayCategoryTitle; ?>)
					</span>
					<?php endif; ?>
				</option>
	    <?php endforeach; ?>
	    </select>
		</div>
	<?php endif; ?>
</ul>