How to align Placeholder Text in HTML ?
The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of a input field / textarea. The short hint is displayed in the field before the user enters a value. In most of the browsers, placeholder texts are usually aligned in left. The selector uses text-align property to set the text alignment in the placeholder. This selector can change browser to browser. For example:
- For Chrome, Mozilla, and Opera Browsers:
::placeholder
- For Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge:
:-ms-input-placeholder
Example 1: This example describes only placeholder alignment, it does not align placeholder value.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <title>Change Placeholder alignment</title> <style> input[type="email"]::placeholder { /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ text-align: center; } input[type="text"]::placeholder { /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ text-align: right; } input[type="tel"]::placeholder { /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ text-align: left; } input[type="email"]:-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10-11 */ text-align: center; } input[type="email"]::-ms-input-placeholder { /* Microsoft Edge */ text-align: center; } body { text-align:center; } h1 { color:green; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h3>Placeholder Text Alignment</h3> <p>Center Aligned<br><input type="email" placeholder="Email"></p><br> <p>Right Aligned<br><input type="text" placeholder="Name"></p><br> <p>Left Aligned<br><input type="tel" placeholder="Phone Number"></p> </body></html> |
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Example 2: This example describes the placeholder and placeholder value align.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <title>Change Placeholder alignment</title> <style> input[type="email"]{ text-align: center; } input[type="text"] { text-align: right; } input[type="tel"] { text-align: left; } body { text-align:center; } h1 { color:green; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h3>Placeholder Text Alignment</h3> <p>Center Aligned<br><input type="email" placeholder="Email"></p><br> <p>Right Aligned<br><input type="text" placeholder="Name"></p><br> <p>Left Aligned<br><input type="tel" placeholder="Phone Number"></p> </body></html> |
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