Placeholder glitch on Chrome - html

Context:
I have an <input> element constructed as follows:
HTML:
<div class="field field-3">
<span><input type="text" placeholder="Username" name=""></span>
</div>
CSS:
(with reset.css stylesheet written by Meyer in the same stylesheet)
.field {
padding: 20px 10px;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
.field > span {
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #bbc3d3;
float: right;
padding: 8px 15px;
position: relative;
}
.field > span input[type="text"] {
background-color: transparent;
border: 0 none;
color: #9da3af;
display: block;
font-family: $font-open;
#include font-size(12px);
margin: 0;
outline: 0 none;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 3px 0;
resize: none;
width: 838px;
height: 22px;
}
The Glitch:
The input element placeholder shown as seen in the first image.
When I click inside the element and write something, the text moves one pixel down.
Where?:
The glitch only is displayed on Google Chrome
The question: How do I fix and avoid this from happening?
Update
A koala_web suggestion, use jsFiddle (link) to exemplify.
Note: Ironically, in jsFiddle the problem does not play, but I put the link to the template example (link) where the glitch appears.

Try removing the line-height declaration from line 297 of your style.css file
html, body, button, input, select, textarea {
font-size: 12px;
/*line-height: 1.231; remove this*/
}

I have never seen this glitch before and it does not seem like a big deal, however this is how I could deal with it. I would add a background image to the input box with the text center aligned in the center. Then apply it to the <input> css. When the user clicks on the input box make it so background-image is none. Like so:
<html>
<head>
<style>
#usernameInput{
background-image: url(usernamePlaceholder.jpg);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<input id="usernameInput" type="text" name="">
<script>
$('#usernameInput').click(function(){
$('#usernameInput').css({
'background-image' : 'none'
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Here is a Jsfiddle

Related

CSS: Styling an input element's text (as opposed to the input element itself)?

EDIT: I've added the relevant code below at the bottom of this question. As you'll see there, the button is wrapped within a div. Also, this problem only occurs in one browser, that being Firefox, and I'll be using a hack to target that browser only.
I have an input element of type submit (i.e., basically a submit button). The text displayed in this element, as defined in the element's value attribute, appears too low (i.e., too close to the bottom of the button instead of vertically centered). The button has a fixed height.
Naturally, I want to move the button's text, as defined in the value attribute, one or two pixels upwards.
I've tried a few things with the button's padding (top and bottom), but that didn't change anything. [Is that to be expected, BTW?] Therefore, I would like to use relative positioning to move the text upwards a bit.
The thing is, however, that I need to target the text itself, NOT the input/button element. And that's of course because the button itself should stay at its current location, I only want to move the TEXT displayed on the button.
Thus my question: Is there a way, in CSS, to target not the button but only its displayed text (as defined in the value attribute) ?
Of course, other solutions (preferably CSS only) are welcome as well.
Code:
HTML:
<form id="zoekform">
<input type="text" class="" id="search-text" name="search-text" placeholder="Search">
<div class="erom" id="erom2">
<input id="zoekknop" style="float: right" type="submit" method="GET" value="Search!" />
</div>
</form>
CSS:
#zoekform {
height: 29px;
box-sizing: border-box;
margin-top: 6px;
margin-bottom: 9px;
}
.erom {
height: 100%;
display: inline-block;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#erom2 {
border: solid 1px #452F5D;
width: 27%;
display: inline-block;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#zoekknop {
float: right;
height: 100%;
color: white;
font-size: 19px;
box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: #446666;
color: white;
letter-spacing: 2px;
border: solid 1px white;
width: 100%;
}
And finally the part where I'm targeting Firefox only, and where I can't get the padding working (and to be sure, the "media query" (it's not really a media query) does work, and in any case I've also tried this without the media query, i.e. as part of the regular CSS):
#-moz-document url-prefix() {
#zoekknop {
padding-top: -1px !important;
padding-bottom: 9px !important; // I set it to 9px for now, so that I could clearly see if it worked
}
}
For some reason form elements are particular and quirky about font.
Assign a font to the <submit>'s parent, then use font: inherit on the <submit> button.
On the <submit> assign line-height of 1.4 to 2 (notice there's no unit like px or em.) I actually have the line-height assigned by inheriting the font from <form> 1.4.
Set width using the ex unit of measurement. One ex is as wide as ax character, making it a great way of gauging how much space you are using in relation to your text. I used 9ex for a 6 character word (i.e. Submit).
This ruleset may help you for Firefox:
input::-moz-focus-inner {
border: 0;
padding: 0;
/* Some users have said these last two are
unnecessary or should be -2px */
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
Here's some changes I did to your button and search field:
#zoekknop {....
....
border: 2px double white;
line-height: 1.65;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
#search-text {
line-height: 1.75;
vertical-align: baseline;
padding: 4px 3px 0;
}
Review the Snippet below:
#form {
font: 400 16px/1.4'Verdana';
}
#form .sub {
font: inherit;
width: 9ex;
color: blue;
border-radius: 5px;
}
#form .sub:hover {
color: cyan;
background: #888;
}
/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
#zoekform {
height: 29px;
box-sizing: border-box;
margin-top: 6px;
margin-bottom: 9px;
font: 400 16px/1.4 'Verdana';
}
#zoekform #zoekknop {
color: white;
font-size: 18px;
box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: #446666;
color: white;
border: 2px double white;
line-height: 1.65;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
#search-text {
line-height: 1.75;
vertical-align: baseline;
padding: 4px 3px 0
}
/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
input::-moz-focus-inner {
border: 0;
padding: 0;
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
<form id="form" name="form">
<input type="submit" class="sub" value="Submit" />
</form>
<form id="zoekform">
<input type="text" class="" id="search-text" name="search-text" placeholder="Search">
<input id="zoekknop" type="submit" method="GET" value="Search!" />
</form>
This should work
#buttonID{
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
padding-bottom: 100px;//pushes text up inside the button
}
Make sure you define the height, width, line-height, font-size, and padding of the button. Then you should be able to manipulate the padding and line-height to get the result you want. It sounds like the button may be inheriting a line height that is causing the issue.
Targeting the text itself isn't the way to go about this. Would be helpful to see the CSS and HTML of the button, and note which browser the issue appears in.

How to make input text border with CSS when it's OnFocus

it's possible to make it like this when you onfocus (onclick) on the input text. Any help would be appreciated.
You can make use of outline and :focus, these are compatible with major browsers.
HTML
<input type="text" class="inp" />
<br>
<input type="text" class="inp" />
CSS
.inp{
border:solid 2px gray;
margin: 20px 5px;
outline:solid 10px silver;
}
.inp:focus{
outline:solid 10px red;
}
Preview on JSFiddle
You can do it like this :
input:focus
{
background-color:blue;//*
}
*this is just a example to change the background color.Do any thing that u desire here
Take look at complete example here.
You can wrap the input with an anchor tag, and set it to change background-color onfocus:
<a class='focused'><input /></a>
with CSS:
.focused:hover{
background-color:blue;
}
or, if you want it to change when the input is active, you need to use javascript/jQuery.
I think you would have to wrap each input in a div and give that div a background color when it has focus using JavaScript. Here's a version in jQuery...
$(document).ready(function() {
$('input').on('focus', function() {
$(this).parent().css('background-color', 'blue');
});
});
I think this CSS trick can be used rarely in real cases, but it is funny, that we can make this effect with box-shadows.
http://jsfiddle.net/XSpwg/
HTML:
<div>
<form>
<input></input>
<input></input>
<input></input>
</form>
</div>
CSS:
div {
background-color: lightgrey;
width: 80%;
max-width: 400px;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 5px;
}
input {
margin: 2em 0.5em;
display: block;
border: solid 2px lightblue;
outline: none;
height: 16px;
line-height: 16px;
font-size: 12px;
}
input:focus {
box-shadow: 180px 227px 0 200px lightgrey,
180px 195px 0 200px blue;
}
Use pseudo-class selector for various effects.
There are two possible methods using CSS
Method 1 --> if you need both hover and on focus effect then use border styling for the <input> element
here is a typical HTML and CSS for method 1, --> Jsfiddle view
HTML
<form class="form-style">
<input class="input-style" type="text" name="some-name">
<input class="input-style" type="text" name="some-name">
</form>
CSS
.form-style
{
width: 250px;
margin:auto;
background-color: #d6d6d6;
display:block;
}
.input-style
{
width:200px;
margin:auto;
padding-left: 0px;
padding-right: 0px;
line-height: 2;
border-width: 20px 25px;
border-collapse: separate;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #d6d6d6;
display: block;
}
input.input-style:focus, input.input-style:hover
{
border-color: #3399FF;
}
Method 2 -> if you need just a hover effect then enclose the <input> element in a <div> and add :hover effect to it, or you can use the method 1 :hover and remove the :focus selector
here is a typical HTML and CSS for method 2, --> Jsfiddle view
HTML
<form class="form-style">
<div class="input-style">
<input type="text" name="some-name">
</div>
<div class="input-style">
<input type="text" name="some-name">
</div>
</form>
CSS
.form-style
{
width:250px;
margin:auto;
display:block;
}
.input-style
{
width: 200px;
background-color: #d6d6d6;
padding:20px 25px 20px 25px;
display: block;
}
.input-style input
{
width:inherit;
line-height: 2;
display: block;
}
.input-style:hover
{
background-color: #3399FF;
}
My advice -> just use on focus effect, because on hover will highlight the <input> on which the mouse is over even if you you are typing (on focus) in another <input>

How can I prevent the browser from scrolling on top of the page when clicking the checkbox?

Whenever I click on the checkbox, the browser window (firefox) will scroll on the top of the screen.
How can I prevent this behavior so when I click on the checkbox the browser window will not scroll on top?
Here is the code found from here http://jsfiddle.net/zAFND/6/
Thank you.
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<style>
div label input {
margin-right: 100px;
}
body {
font-family:sans-serif;
}
#ck-button {
margin: 4px;
background-color: #EFEFEF;
border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
overflow: auto;
float: left;
}
#ck-button {
margin: 4px;
background-color: #EFEFEF;
border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
overflow: auto;
float: left;
}
#ck-button:hover {
margin: 4px;
background-color: #EFEFEF;
border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid red;
overflow: auto;
float: left;
color: red;
}
#ck-button label {
float: left;
width: 4.0em;
}
#ck-button label span {
text-align: center;
padding: 3px 0px;
display: block;
}
#ck-button label input {
position: absolute;
top: -20px;
}
#ck-button input:checked + span {
background-color: #911;
color: #fff;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<br>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
<div id="ck-button">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" value="1"><span>red</span>
</label>
</div>
</body>
The problem is this rule:
#ck-button label input {
position:absolute;
top:-20px;
}
When you click on a label the browser tries to focus the related input. In your case the checkbox element is lying at the top of the page, even outside the viewport – so Firefox tries to scroll there.
You can solve it like this by adding:
#ck-button label {
display: block;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
Demo
Try before buy
Alternative
Heisenberg points out a problem in his answer which can occur when using extreme values. Unfortunately the proposed idea has the same quirk as the one shown above.
So an alternative solution is simply to hide the input. The functionality is not affected.
CSS
#ck-button label input {
display: none;
}
Demo
Try before buy
The answer accepted is not entirely true. Works, but not in all cases.
If you use the common css to hide elements (probably -999em or similar) at the "top" attribute, in this case position:relative has nothing to do because always -999em will be much higher than the viewport.
The answer accepted works fine because the "top" is only -20px . Try to set it a more higher number and you´ll see the problem.
So, the solution is not to set a relative position.
I think the correct way is only to set a negative value at left position (not top).
Try it. :)
you could hide your checkbox input like this:
#ck-button label input {
position:absolute;
top:+20px;
visibility: hidden;
}

How can I control the height of text inputs and submit input buttons in different browsers?

I have a very little but hard (for me) problem to solve.
I have a text input, and a submit button. I need them to be the exact same height and for this to be true across Chrome and Firefox, ideally internet explorer also.
HTML
<input type="text" name="email" /><input type="submit" value="»" />
CSS
input[type=text] {
width: 218px;
}
input[type=submit] {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}
input[type=submit], input[type=text] {
padding: 9px;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 18px;
float: left;
border: 0;
display: block;
margin: 0;
}
I've setup this basic code on a jsfiddle here.
You should notice if you load it in chrome, the button is less height than the text input and in firefox, its larger.
What am I missing?
Remove/add line-height: 18px; for both.
Vertical padding of the submit button has no effect. This seems to be a webkit bug. You can solve the problem by specifying explit heights and increasing the height of the submit button by the top and bottom padding of the input field.
input[type=text] {height: 60px;}
input[type=submit] {height: 78px;}
The problem is your padding that is applying wrong to your button.
Trying solving it like this.
input[type=submit], input[type=text] {
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 18px;
float: left;
border: 0;
display: block;
margin: 0;
height: 30px; /* or whatever height necessary */
}
Additionally, you can keep the padding left and right on your button like this.
input[type=submit] {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
padding: 0px 9px;
}
input {
height: 19px;
}
This maybe?
Also, remove the padding property.
http://jsfiddle.net/xkeshav/e6aTd/1/
Maybe it's the padding that is making problems. Try removing the padding, setting the button to a fixed height and make the offset with line-height.
You need to remove the height and work on the actual height of the input text field just by padding/font-size
jsfiddle
Removing/adding line-height: 18px; for both is not a perfect solution because I see a little difference height in firefox...
The best solution I found is to put a div arround and set its style to display: flex.
All is perfect this way.
body {
background: #ccc;
}
div{
display: flex;
}
input[type=text] {
width: 218px;
}
input[type=submit] {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}
input[type=submit], input[type=text] {
padding: 5px;
font-size: 25px;
border: 0;
margin: 0;
}
<div><input type="text" name="email" /><input type="submit" value="»" /></div>
TRY
body {
background-color: #ccc;
}
input[type=text] {
width: 218px;
}
Working DEMO

padding a text input in IE... possible?

I have a text input with a search buton absolute positioned over it... to make space for the button I used some padding to keep the text from going under the button, which is fine, it works in firefox, but not IE.
In fact... It doesn't seem like padding on text inputs works at all in IE.
They have the following code
<style type="text/css">
#mainPageSearch input {
width: 162px;
padding: 2px 20px 2px 2px;
margin: 0;
font-size: 12px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
background:#F3F3F3 url(form-shadow.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
border-color:#C6C6C6 #C6C6C6 #E3E3E3;
border-style:solid;
border-width:1px;
color:#666666;
}
#mainPageSearch {
margin-bottom: 10px;
position: relative; /* Lets me absolute position the button */
}
#mainPageSearchButton {
display: block;
position: absolute;
top:0px;
right: -2px;
text-indent: -2000em;
height: 22px;
width: 22px;
background: transparent url('images/searchBtn.png') top center no-repeat;
}
</style>
<form id="mainPageSearch" action="">
<input type="text"/>
<a id="mainPageSearchButton" href="#">Search</a>
</form>
Is what I'm trying to do possible or should I just suck it up and deal with the text going under the search button?
I know I could make a search box with a transparent background/border and draw the styling using a containing div... but that isn't really an option because of how many places I've have to change it on the site.
Maybe I'll make a new class for this text input that makes it transparent and assign the normal text input style to the containing div? What do you think?
edit: sorry I should have included the doctype... here it is:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
also, The problems I'm having are in IE 7
try using line-height
I had this issue also i solved it by adding the following line
input
{
overflow:visible;
padding:5px;
}
hope this helps? Let me know.
Try border-right instead of padding-right. This worked for me.
Make your input transparent and place styles inside a container div:
http://jsfiddle.net/LRWWH/211/
HTML
<div class="input-container">
<input type="text" class="input-transparent" name="fullname">
</div>
CSS
.input-container {
background:red;
overflow:hidden;
height: 26px;
margin-top:3px;
padding:6px 10px 0px;
width: 200px;
}
.input-transparent {
background-color:transparent;
border:none;
overflow:hidden;
color:#FFFFF;
width: 200px;
outline:none;
}
There is a css only fix for it
div.search input[type="text"] {
width: 110px;
margin: 0;
background-position: 0px -7px;
text-indent:0;
padding:0 15px 0 15px;
}
/*ie9*/ div.search input[type="text"] {
border-left: 25px solid transparent;
}
/*ie8*/ div.search input[type="text"] {
border-left: 25px solid transparent;
background-position-x: -16px;
padding-left: 0px;
line-height: 2.5em;
}
Thanks
Muhammad Atif Chughtai
You'll have to use float: left/right on '#mainPageSearch input' before you can apply padding/margin.
I experienced a similar problem - IE was padding the input field, but not making it bigger, thus pushing the text down inside of it. I fixed it by setting the height of the input as well. Try that.
I have the following working in IE7. What version are you targeting?
<style type="text/css">
input#test {
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
<input type="text" id="test" />
What about declaring DOCTYPE?
By adding <!DOCTYPE html> padding works grand for me in IE8. Take the following code as an example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#myInput {
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<input id="myInput" value="Some text here!" />
</body>
</html>