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Timeline for Change an HTML input's placeholder color with CSS

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Aug 16, 2023 at 6:22 comment added Faegheh Mohammadian Check these references :link, link
Apr 18, 2023 at 16:28 comment added TylerH This answer could probably do with a revision to reflect the state of things, since the content and versions covered have not really been updated in 6 years, and vendors have largely stabilized in that time (not to mention IE is essentially not a thing anymore). If you want to do this, that would be great, although I don't mind doing it if you're OK with that.
Jul 5, 2022 at 12:41 history edited Andy CC BY-SA 4.0
mentioned that placeholder != label
May 13, 2021 at 9:14 review Suggested edits
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Jan 7, 2018 at 14:00 history edited hitautodestruct CC BY-SA 3.0
Added highlight to the most straightforward answer
Nov 21, 2017 at 14:52 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
Rewrite the last edit to fit it better into the current format of the post.
Nov 21, 2017 at 12:55 history edited hitautodestruct CC BY-SA 3.0
Added update for using selector on modern browsers
Jul 17, 2017 at 19:42 review Suggested edits
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May 11, 2017 at 15:10 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
added `::-ms-input-placeholder` for microsoft edge
Mar 27, 2016 at 20:10 history rollback fuxia
Rollback to Revision 28
Jan 24, 2016 at 14:43 review Suggested edits
Jan 24, 2016 at 15:17
Jan 6, 2016 at 16:44 history edited Mathias Bynens CC BY-SA 3.0
Mention the standard :placeholder-shown
Dec 8, 2015 at 15:00 history edited Abel Callejo CC BY-SA 3.0
separated the references from the actual pseudo classes codes so that it will be easier for developers/readers to copy-paste the presented pseudo classes; Also, rewrote a link text
Dec 8, 2015 at 14:55 history edited Abel Callejo CC BY-SA 3.0
separated the references from the actual pseudo classes codes so that it will be easier for developers/readers to copy-paste the presented pseudo classes; Also, rewrote a link text
S Jul 31, 2015 at 23:02 history suggested mnsth CC BY-SA 3.0
Correction about IE9
Jul 31, 2015 at 22:49 review Suggested edits
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S Jul 31, 2015 at 19:07 history suggested mnsth CC BY-SA 3.0
Microsoft Edge is tested - :-ms-input-placeholder does not work, ::-webkit-input-placeholder does. Microsoft Edge has switched to ::-webkit-input-placeholder
Jul 31, 2015 at 18:28 review Suggested edits
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Jul 30, 2015 at 18:06 history edited TylerH CC BY-SA 3.0
Updated the link to the new Mozilla format to point to the MDN page like the rest, rather than the Bugzilla page, since it's been implemented for a while. Also updated IE versions
Oct 1, 2014 at 7:17 review Suggested edits
Oct 1, 2014 at 7:36
Sep 30, 2014 at 15:11 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
Move sample color more away from browser defaults.
Sep 27, 2014 at 10:19 history edited Pang CC BY-SA 3.0
Fixed dead link to Opera forum (now points to Wayback Machine).
Sep 22, 2014 at 15:53 review Suggested edits
Sep 22, 2014 at 16:18
S Sep 17, 2014 at 5:23 history suggested jonathancardoso CC BY-SA 3.0
Added Stack Snippet.
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S May 7, 2014 at 21:39 history suggested Felix Rabe CC BY-SA 3.0
Inline @jwinn's comment
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S May 7, 2014 at 21:39
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Jul 25, 2013 at 15:42 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
Update support information for Opera 15+ and Blink.
Jul 25, 2013 at 15:36 history wiki removed BoltClock
S Jul 23, 2013 at 20:45 history suggested Hemerson Varela CC BY-SA 3.0
Added Syntax highlighting for css code
Jul 23, 2013 at 20:38 review Suggested edits
S Jul 23, 2013 at 20:45
Jun 25, 2013 at 16:12 vote accept David Murdoch
S Apr 29, 2013 at 22:27 history suggested Kevin Ghadyani CC BY-SA 3.0
Fixed a typo where it said "double colon". One double-colon would be two colons. A colon is :. If it was a double anything, it'd be a double-period.
Apr 29, 2013 at 22:25 review Suggested edits
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Feb 10, 2013 at 2:05 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
fixed selector
S Jan 27, 2013 at 1:56 history suggested Sk8erPeter CC BY-SA 3.0
commenting CSS code accordingly
Jan 27, 2013 at 1:51 review Suggested edits
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Jan 6, 2013 at 14:07 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
separated -moz- selectors, hat tip @axel
Jan 6, 2013 at 10:10 review Suggested edits
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Jan 1, 2013 at 0:24 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
clean up this mess :)
Dec 10, 2012 at 12:52 review Suggested edits
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Nov 26, 2012 at 17:01 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
added a note about the changed selector in Firefox 19
Oct 3, 2012 at 11:32 review Suggested edits
Oct 3, 2012 at 11:32
Sep 7, 2012 at 12:11 history edited Daniel Trebbien CC BY-SA 3.0
link to Selectors Level 3 spec
Aug 17, 2012 at 14:12 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
added IE 10 support
Feb 27, 2012 at 21:10 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
Fixed a damaging edit and added a note about correct syntax.
Feb 27, 2012 at 21:06 history rollback fuxia
Rollback to Revision 6
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Rollback to Revision 5
Feb 27, 2012 at 15:24 history edited Peter O. CC BY-SA 3.0
made correction: use "::moz-placeholder" throughout
Dec 4, 2011 at 17:21 history edited BoltClock CC BY-SA 3.0
s... p... ace... space
Jun 16, 2011 at 7:16 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 3.0
Added an example for textareas and input elements, and some notes about accessibility.
Feb 1, 2011 at 9:58 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 2.5
Added a note on Opera.
Jan 29, 2011 at 13:14 review Suggested edits
Jan 29, 2011 at 13:50
Sep 30, 2010 at 9:51 history edited fuxia CC BY-SA 2.5
Added Mozilla’s implementation.
Apr 9, 2010 at 21:28 vote accept David Murdoch
Jun 25, 2013 at 16:12
Apr 9, 2010 at 20:36 history answered fuxia CC BY-SA 2.5
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