Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-pseudo] Extending the scope of `::placeholder` (#13345)

> Though the current solutions _don't_ cover any extra contents that are shown when the image can't be loaded, like a "broken" icon. Providing control over this seems to be the main use case for a pseudo-element to me.

Something like `img:broken { background-image: url("custom-image-instead-of-the-default-one.png"); }` would cover that I think.

My concern with widening what `::placeholder` applies to is that any existing pages with a bare `::placeholder { something }` style rule might have unexpected effects that they don't want to apply to image fallback text.

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