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CSS

Posted by Joseph Greco
Joseph Greco
13,405 Points

Is it possible to style the placeholder text of a <img> element?

Hello!

Say for example an image link breaks, or an image isn't included/available; the image placeholder text will appear instead.

My problem: It looks terrible.

How can I style it to my liking??

<img src="borken-image.jpg" placeholder="style me">

1 Answer

Ryan Rankin
Ryan Rankin
8,261 Points
Ryan Rankin
Ryan Rankin
8,261 Points

From what I can tell using a placeholder attribute won't work. However creating a JavaScript function using the 'onerror' attribute could, but it may not be supported in all browsers.

Like this...

function ImgError(source){
source.src = "/images/noimage.gif";
source.onerror = "";
return true;
}

<img src="someimage.png" onerror="ImgError(this);"/>

I personally haven't tried this, and just learned of the 'onerror' attribute recently. Good luck, and I hope it works!