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Asked: May 19, 20262026-05-19T21:53:51+00:00 2026-05-19T21:53:51+00:00

Reading an article about HTML5, it occurs to me that while placeholders are incredibly

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Reading an article about HTML5, it occurs to me that while placeholders are incredibly useful in form usability, if they can not be targeted with CSS without javascript, they really are a baby step.

So can I target the placeholder in CSS to look differently from inputted text?

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    2026-05-19T21:53:51+00:00Added an answer on May 19, 2026 at 9:53 pm

    Webkit uses a ::-webkit-input-placeholder pseudoelement. Moz uses a :-moz-placeholder pseudoclass.

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