Inspect webkit-input-placeholder with developer tools
HtmlCssHtml Problem Overview
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:
Dev tools does not provide information regarding the placeholder element when inspecting the input element. Is there another way?
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
I figured it out.
The trick is to enable 'Show user agent shadow DOM' in the Settings panel of Chrome Developer Tools:
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:
Solution 2 - Html
- 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: