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CSS

Posted by Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
Courses Plus Student 589 Points

placeholder

is there is any way to give css to placeholder

thanx

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Ashish,

yes, this is possible using the placeholder pseudo-element. However note that IE9 and older versions don't support this. Look here to see a list of supported browsers.

It works like this:

<input type="text" placeholder="Your name" />

input::placeholder {
    color: blue;
}

Look here to see an example. I hope that helps!