:placeholder-shown
Widely available since 2022-07-15
The :placeholder-shown CSS pseudo-element selects <input> and <textarea> elements when no value is set and the element's placeholder attribute is not empty. Not to be confused with ::placeholder, which selects the placeholder text itself.
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- Chrome 47 Released on 2015-12-01
- Chrome Android 47 Released on 2015-12-02
- Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
- Firefox 51 Released on 2017-01-24
- Firefox for Android 51 Released on 2017-01-24
- Safari 9 Released on 2015-09-30
- Safari on iOS 9 Released on 2015-09-16