::placeholder CSS pseudo-element

The ::placeholder pseudo-element represents placeholder text in an input field: text that represents the input and provides a hint to the user on how to fill out the form. For example, a date-input field might have the placeholder text YYYY-MM-DD to clarify that numeric dates are to be entered in year-month-day order.

Spec	https://drafts.csswg.org/css-pseudo-4/#placeholder-pseudo
Status	W3C Working Draft

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10 (*)	70
	84	82	84	9.1 (*)	69
	83	81	83	9 (*)	68
	81	80	81	8 (*)	67
	80	79	80	7.1 (*)	66
	79	78	79	7 (*)	65
	18 (*)	77	78	6.1 (*)	64
	17 (*)	76	77	6 (*)	63
	16 (*)	75	76	5.1 (*)	62
	15 (*)	74	75	5 (*)	60
	14 (*)	73	74	4	58
	13 (*)	72	73	3.2	57
	12 (*)	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43 (*)
		57	58		42 (*)
		56	57		41 (*)
		55	56 (*)		40 (*)
		54	55 (*)		39 (*)
		53	54 (*)		38 (*)
		52	53 (*)		37 (*)
		51	52 (*)		36 (*)
		50 (*)	51 (*)		35 (*)
		49 (*)	50 (*)		34 (*)
		48 (*)	49 (*)		33 (*)
		47 (*)	48 (*)		32 (*)
		46 (*)	47 (*)		31 (*)
		45 (*)	46 (*)		30 (*)
		44 (*)	45 (*)		29 (*)
		43 (*)	44 (*)		28 (*)
		42 (*)	43 (*)		27 (*)
		41 (*)	42 (*)		26 (*)
		40 (*)	41 (*)		25 (*)
		39 (*)	40 (*)		24 (*)
		38 (*)	39 (*)		23 (*)
		37 (*)	38 (*)		22 (*)
		36 (*)	37 (*)		21 (*)
		35 (*)	36 (*)		20 (*)
		34 (*)	35 (*)		19 (*)
		33 (*)	34 (*)		18 (*)
		32 (*)	33 (*)		17 (*)
		31 (*)	32 (*)		16 (*)
		30 (*)	31 (*)		15 (*)
		29 (*)	30 (*)		12.1
		28 (*)	29 (*)		12
		27 (*)	28 (*)		11.6
		26 (*)	27 (*)		11.5
		25 (*)	26 (*)		11.1
		24 (*)	25 (*)		11
		23 (*)	24 (*)		10.6
		22 (*)	23 (*)		10.5
		21 (*)	22 (*)		10.0-10.1
		20 (*)	21 (*)		9.5-9.6
		19 (*)	20 (*)		9
		18	19 (*)
		17	18 (*)
		16	17 (*)
		15	16 (*)
		14	15 (*)
		13	14 (*)
		12	13 (*)
		11	12 (*)
		10	11 (*)
		9	10 (*)
		8	9 (*)
		7	8 (*)
		6	7 (*)
		5	6 (*)
		4	5 (*)
		3.6	4 (*)
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10 (*)	64	94	92	11 (*)	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5 (*)
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4 (*)	7 (*)	12.1			10 (*)		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4 (*)		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3 (*)		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1 (*)		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4 (*)		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3 (*)		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3 (*)							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2 (*)							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1 (*)							6.2-6.4 (*)
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4 (*)
10.3									4 (*)
10.0-10.2 (*)
9.3 (*)
9.0-9.2 (*)
8.1-8.4 (*)
8 (*)
7.0-7.1 (*)
6.0-6.1 (*)
5.0-5.1 (*)
4.2-4.3 (*)
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Partial support refers to using alternate names:
::-webkit-input-placeholder for Chrome/Safari/Opera (Chrome issue #623345)
::-ms-input-placeholder for Edge (also supports webkit prefix)

1. Firefox 18 and below supported the :-moz-placeholder pseudo-class rather than the ::-moz-placeholder pseudo-element.

^* Partial support with prefix.

Resources

• CSS-Tricks article with all prefixes
• CSSWG discussion
• MDN Web Docs - CSS ::-moz-placeholder
• Mozilla Bug 1069012 - unprefix :placeholder-shown pseudo-class and ::placeholder pseudo-element
• MDN web docs - ::placeholder