- From: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@kozea.fr>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:25:53 +0100
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Le 22/01/2013 16:03, Boris Zbarsky a écrit : > On 1/22/13 9:58 AM, Simon Sapin wrote: >> If an input’s placeholder can have CSS properties that are not the same >> as the input itself, it is a pseudo-element. The only meaning I can >> imagine for a :placeholder pseudo-class is selecting inputs that are >> currently showing their placeholder. >> >> I seem that IE10 and Gecko18- are using pseudo-class*syntax* for >> something that is really a pseudo-element. > No, they have a pseudo-class (and I'm not quite sure why you thought > otherwise). Oh, I misunderstood Mounir’s email, sorry. > For example, in Gecko 18, input:-moz-placeholder selects > (and styles) inputs that have a placeholder showing. It does not style > the placeholder itself. That’s a pseudo-class indeed. I agree with Mounir that a pseudo-element is more suited. -- Simon Sapin
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