::placeholder CSS pseudo-element

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The ::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

  1. 4 - 56: Partial support
  2. 57 - 122: Supported
  3. 123: Supported
  4. 124 - 126: Supported

Edge

  1. 12 - 18: Partial support
  2. 79 - 122: Supported
  3. 123: Supported

Safari

  1. 3.1 - 4: Not supported
  2. 5 - 10: Partial support
  3. 10.1 - 17.3: Supported
  4. 17.4: Supported
  5. TP: Supported

Firefox

  1. 2 - 18: Not supported
  2. 19 - 50: Supported
  3. 51 - 123: Supported
  4. 124: Supported
  5. 125 - 127: Supported

Opera

  1. 9 - 12.1: Not supported
  2. 15 - 43: Partial support
  3. 44 - 107: Supported
  4. 108: Supported

IE

  1. 5.5 - 10: Not supported
  2. 11: Not supported

Chrome for Android

  1. 122: Supported

Safari on iOS

  1. 3.2 - 4.1: Not supported
  2. 4.2 - 10.2: Partial support
  3. 10.3 - 17.3: Supported
  4. 17.4: Supported

Samsung Internet

  1. 4 - 6.4: Partial support
  2. 7.2 - 22: Supported
  3. 23: Supported

Opera Mini

  1. all: Not supported

Opera Mobile

  1. 10 - 12.1: Not supported
  2. 80: Supported

UC Browser for Android

  1. 15.5: Supported

Android Browser

  1. 2.1 - 4.4.4: Partial support
  2. 122: Supported

Firefox for Android

  1. 123: Supported

QQ Browser

  1. 14.9: Supported

Baidu Browser

  1. 13.52: Supported

KaiOS Browser

  1. 2.5: Supported
  2. 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)

Resources:
Mozilla Bug 1069012 - unprefix :placeholder-shown pseudo-class and ::placeholder pseudo-element
CSS-Tricks article with all prefixes
MDN Web Docs - CSS ::-moz-placeholder
MDN web docs - ::placeholder
CSSWG discussion