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CSS

Posted by Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
Courses Plus Student 73 Points

placeholder-shown

How to use :placeholder-shown in css

1 Answer

Marco Amadio
Marco Amadio
4,882 Points
Marco Amadio
Marco Amadio
4,882 Points

:placeholder-shown is a pseudo class and will affect an element in a particular state. You can use :placeholder-shown like this:

input:placeholder-shown {
  /* Your style here */
}

It will give styles to the input element when placeholder text is being shown.