::placeholder CSS pseudo-element
- WDThe ::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.
Chrome
- ◐ 4 - 56: Partial support
- ✅ 57 - 136: Supported
- ✅ 137: Supported
- ✅ 138 - 140: Supported
Edge
- ◐ 12 - 18: Partial support
- ✅ 79 - 136: Supported
- ✅ 137: Supported
Safari
- ❌ 3.1 - 4: Not supported
- ◐ 5 - 10: Partial support
- ✅ 10.1 - 18.4: Supported
- ✅ 18.5: Supported
- ✅ 26.0 - TP: Supported
Firefox
- ❌ 2 - 18: Not supported
- ✅ 19 - 50: Supported
- ✅ 51 - 138: Supported
- ✅ 139: Supported
- ✅ 140 - 142: Supported
Opera
- ❌ 9 - 12.1: Not supported
- ◐ 15 - 43: Partial support
- ✅ 44 - 116: Supported
- ✅ 117: Supported
IE
- ❌ 5.5 - 10: Not supported
- ❌ 11: Not supported
Chrome for Android
- ✅ 137: Supported
Safari on iOS
- ❌ 3.2 - 4.1: Not supported
- ◐ 4.2 - 10.2: Partial support
- ✅ 10.3 - 18.4: Supported
- ✅ 18.5: Supported
- ✅ 26.0: Supported
Samsung Internet
- ◐ 4 - 6.4: Partial support
- ✅ 7.2 - 27: Supported
- ✅ 28: Supported
Opera Mini
- ❌ all: Not supported
Opera Mobile
- ❌ 10 - 12.1: Not supported
- ✅ 80: Supported
UC Browser for Android
- ✅ 15.5: Supported
Android Browser
- ◐ 2.1 - 4.4.4: Partial support
- ✅ 137: Supported
Firefox for Android
- ✅ 139: Supported
QQ Browser
- ✅ 14.9: Supported
Baidu Browser
- ✅ 13.52: Supported
KaiOS Browser
- ✅ 2.5: Supported
- ✅ 3: Supported
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)