{"id":9339,"date":"2021-01-05T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2021-12-04T06:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T06:46:02","slug":"change-html5-input-placeholder-color-css","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/change-html5-input-placeholder-color-css\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change an HTML5 Input&#8217;s Placeholder Color With CSS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes, there is a way to change the color of the placeholder text in your <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/html\">HTML5<\/a> form inputs. This can be done by using the <em><strong>::placeholder<\/strong><\/em> pseudo-element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You would generally use it like so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-css\">::placeholder { \/* Most modern browsers support this *\/\n   color:    #a9a9a9;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For backward compatibility, it is good to know that there are some caveats to be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>WebKit, Blink (Safari 5+, Google Chrome 4+, Opera 15+) and Microsoft Edge 79+ are using a pseudo-element: <em><strong>::-webkit-input-placeholder<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li><li>Mozilla Firefox 4 to 18 uses the pseudo-class <em><strong>: :-moz-placeholder<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>Mozilla Firefox 19+ uses the pseudo-element <strong><em>::-moz-placeholder<\/em><\/strong>, but the old selector will still work for a while.<\/li><li>Internet Explorer 10 and 11 are use the pseudo-class: :-ms-input-placeholder.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing User agents are required to ignore a rule with an unknown selector, web developers must separate the rules for each browser otherwise the whole group would be ignored by all browsers. See this example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-css\">::-webkit-input-placeholder { \/* WebKit, Blink, Edge *\/\ncolor:    #a9a9a9;\n}\n\n:-moz-placeholder { \/* Mozilla Firefox 4 to 18 *\/\ncolor:    #a9a9a9;\nopacity:  1;\n}\n\n::-moz-placeholder { \/* Mozilla Firefox 19+ *\/\ncolor:    #a9a9a9;\nopacity:  1;\n}\n\n:-ms-input-placeholder { \/* Internet Explorer 10-11 *\/\ncolor:    #a9a9a9;\n}\n\n::-ms-input-placeholder { \/* Microsoft Edge *\/\ncolor:    #a9a9a9;\n}\n\n::placeholder { \/* Most modern browsers support this. *\/\ncolor:    #a9a9a9;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note above that the rules for Firefox include opacity. This is because Firefox&#8217;s placeholder appears to be showing with reduced opacity, so needs we need to use <em><strong>opacity: 1<\/strong><\/em> here to control it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example of the HTML input affected by the <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/css\">CSS<\/a> rules above used to change the placeholder color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-markup\">&lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; placeholder=&quot;The cool placeholder!&quot;&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/caniuse.com\/?search=%3A%3Aplaceholder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/caniuse.com\/?search=%3A%3Aplaceholder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there is a way to change the color of the placeholder text in your HTML5 form inputs. This can be done by using the ::placeholder pseudo-element. 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