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Apply opacity for the default style of INPUT/TEXTAREA placeholder

Category

DOM

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 78)

Intent stage

Prepare to ship

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Incubation
• Web Platform Tests: No

WPT details: Placeholder default style is not defined by standards.

Summary

Changes the default style for ::placeholder from #757575 to rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.54).

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-pseudo-4/#placeholder-pseudo
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=932026

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=apply-opacity-for-the-default-style-of-input-textarea-placeholder
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Apply%20opacity%20for%20the%20default%20style%20of%20INPUT%2FTEXTAREA%20placeholder
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Apply%20opacity%20for%20the%20default%20style%20of%20INPUT%2FTEXTAREA%20placeholder
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Apply%20opacity%20for%20the%20default%20style%20of%20INPUT%2FTEXTAREA%20placeholder

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