:placeholder-shown CSS pseudo-class

Input elements can sometimes show placeholder text as a hint to the user on what to type in. See, for example, the placeholder attribute in HTML5. The :placeholder-shown pseudo-class matches an input element that is showing such placeholder text.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors4/#placeholder
Status	W3C Working Draft

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11 (2,*)	95	93	95	15	80
10 (2,*)	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 (1,*)	51		35
		49 (1,*)	50		34
		48 (1,*)	49		33
		47 (1,*)	48		32
		46 (1,*)	47		31
		45 (1,*)	46		30
		44 (1,*)	45		29
		43 (1,*)	44		28
		42 (1,*)	43		27
		41 (1,*)	42		26
		40 (1,*)	41		25
		39 (1,*)	40		24
		38 (1,*)	39		23
		37 (1,*)	38		22
		36 (1,*)	37		21
		35 (1,*)	36		20
		34 (1,*)	35		19
		33 (1,*)	34		18
		32 (1,*)	33		17
		31 (1,*)	32		16
		30 (1,*)	31		15
		29 (1,*)	30		12.1
		28 (1,*)	29		12
		27 (1,*)	28		11.6
		26 (1,*)	27		11.5
		25 (1,*)	26		11.1
		24 (1,*)	25		11
		23 (1,*)	24		10.6
		22 (1,*)	23		10.5
		21 (1,*)	22		10.0-10.1
		20 (1,*)	21		9.5-9.6
		19 (1,*)	20		9
		18 (1,*)	19
		17 (1,*)	18
		16 (1,*)	17
		15 (1,*)	16
		14 (1,*)	15
		13 (1,*)	14
		12 (1,*)	13
		11 (1,*)	12
		10 (1,*)	11
		9 (1,*)	10
		8 (1,*)	9
		7 (1,*)	8
		6 (1,*)	7
		5 (1,*)	6
		4 (1,*)	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 (1,*)
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

For support of styling the actual placeholder text itself, see CSS ::placeholder

1. Partial support in Firefox refers to using the non-standard :-moz-placeholder name rather than :placeholder-shown.

2. Partial support in IE refers to using the non-standard :-ms-input-placeholder name rather than :placeholder-shown.

^* Partial support with prefix.

Resources

• WebKit commit
• Firefox bug
• Microsoft Edge feature request on UserVoice