Inspect webkit-input-placeholder with developer tools

html css

It's possible to style a text input's placeholder with the following:

-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: red;
}

I am looking at a website online and I would like to use the same placeholder color as they do. Is it possible to figure out what color they used? I would like to include any alpha values, so I can't just sample the color with an image editor.

When I inspect the element with Chrome Dev Tools, I see:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/qaWat.png

Dev tools does not provide information regarding the placeholder element when inspecting the input element. Is there another way?

possible duplicate of How to change placeholder color on focus?

No... I clearly state in the question that I am aware of how to change it, but that I am wondering how to inspect the properties of another person's. I even provide a code sample showing I know how to change it.

what's the website? Since placeholder is a pseudo-element, you should still be able to see the styles when inspecting that element.

yurylavrukhin

I figured it out.

The trick is to enable 'Show user agent shadow DOM' in the Settings panel of Chrome Developer Tools:

https://i.imgur.com/bVq5voX.png

To get to settings, click the Gear icon at the top right of your Dev Tools panel, then make sure Preferences tab on the left-hand side is selected, find the Elements heading, and check "Show user agent shadow DOM" checkbox below that heading.

With that, you can now see it:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Y0C0.png

The setting is there in 62 and it works beautifully.

Chrome 67 and your solution applies as well

@swrobel the workflow mentioned in this answer lets you inspect ::placeholder. See this related answer.

In case you can't find the 'Settings' menu item under the"⋮" button, there's a cogwheel ⚙️ just to the left of it :)

It has moved to Settings > Preferences > Elements > [_] Show user agent shadow DOM

Jan Doggen

For Google Chrome Version 69: Open Inspect Elements: On Mac ⌘ + Shift + C, on Windows / Linux Ctrl + Shift + C OR F12. Click the "⋮" button at the top right then Go to settings In settings click on Preferences > Click on Show user agent Shadow DOM

The below images show the process:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/QH98H.jpg

https://i.stack.imgur.com/kVEKn.jpg

https://i.stack.imgur.com/gOkUi.jpg

Thanks! I was looking in Chrome settings I couldn't find it. Apparently, it is in the Dev Tools Settings.

Inspect webkit-input-placeholder with developer tools

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