I'm having a heck of a time with this particular CSS selector which does not want to work when I add :not(:empty)
to it. It seems to work fine with any combination of the other selectors:
input:not(:empty):not(:focus):invalid { border-color: #A22; box-shadow: none }
If I remove the :not(:empty)
part, it works just fine. Even if I change the selector to input:not(:empty)
it still won't select input fields which have text typed into them. Is this broken or am I just not allowed to use :empty
within a :not()
selector?
The only other thing I can think of is that browsers are still saying that the element is empty because it has no children, just a "value" per say. Does the :empty
selector not have separate functionality for an input element versus a regular element? This doesn't seem probable though because using :empty
on a field and typing something into it will cause the alternate effects to go away (because it is no longer empty).
Tested in Firefox 8 and Chrome.
Being a void element, an <input>
element is considered empty by the HTML definition of "empty", since the content model of all void elements is always empty. So they will always match the :empty
pseudo-class, whether or not they have a value. This is also why their value is represented by an attribute in the start tag, rather than text content within start and end tags.
Also, from the Selectors spec:
The :empty
pseudo-class represents an element that has no children at all. In terms of the document tree, only element nodes and content nodes (such as DOM text nodes, CDATA nodes, and entity references) whose data has a non-zero length must be considered as affecting emptiness;
Consequently, input:not(:empty)
will never match anything in a proper HTML document. (It would still work in a hypothetical XML document that defines an <input>
element that can accept text or child elements.)
I don't think you can style empty <input>
fields dynamically using just CSS (i.e. rules that apply whenever a field is empty, and don't once text is entered). You can select initially empty fields if they have an empty value
attribute (input[value=""]
) or lack the attribute altogether (input:not([value])
), but that's about it.
It is possible with inline javascript onkeyup="this.setAttribute('value', this.value);"
& input:not([value=""]):not(:focus):invalid
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/mhsyfvv9/
input:not([value=""]):not(:focus):invalid{
background-color: tomato;
}
<input
type="email"
value=""
placeholder="valid mail"
onkeyup="this.setAttribute('value', this.value);" />
You could try using :placeholder-shown...
input {
padding: 10px 15px;
font-size: 16px;
border-radius: 5px;
border: 2px solid lightblue;
outline: 0;
font-weight:bold;
transition: border-color 200ms;
font-family: sans-serif;
}
.validation {
opacity: 0;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: sans-serif;
color: crimson;
transition: opacity;
}
input:required:valid {
border-color: forestgreen;
}
input:required:invalid:not(:placeholder-shown) {
border-color: crimson;
}
input:required:invalid:not(:placeholder-shown) + .validation {
opacity: 1;
}
<input type="email" placeholder="e-mail" required>
<div class="validation">Not valid</span>
no great support though... caniuse
You may approach this differently; omit the use of the :empty
pseudo-class and utilize input
events to detect a significant value in the <input>
field and style it accordingly:
var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
var input = inputs[i];
input.addEventListener('input', function() {
var bg = this.value ? 'green' : 'red';
this.style.backgroundColor = bg;
});
}
body {
padding: 40px;
}
#inputList li {
list-style-type: none;
padding-bottom: 1.5em;
}
#inputList li input,
#inputList li label {
float: left;
width: 10em;
}
#inputList li input {
color: white;
background-color: red;
}
#inputList li label {
text-align: right;
padding-right: 1em;
}
<ul id="inputList">
<li>
<label for="username">Enter User Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="username" />
</li>
<li>
<label for="password">Enter Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="password" />
</li>
</ul>
Related
- Another post on DOM Mutation Events, suggesting the use of
input
Events (DOM Mutation Events are now deprecated in DOM level 4, and have been replaced by DOM Mutation Observers).
Disclaimer: note that input
events are currently experimental, and probably not widely supported.
pure css solution
input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
opacity: 1;
-webkit-transition: opacity 0s;
transition: opacity 0s;
text-align: right;
}
/* Chrome <=56, Safari < 10 */
input:-moz-placeholder {
opacity: 1;
-moz-transition: opacity 0s;
transition: opacity 0s;
text-align: right;
}
/* FF 4-18 */
input::-moz-placeholder {
opacity: 1;
-moz-transition: opacity 0s;
transition: opacity 0s;
text-align: right;
}
/* FF 19-51 */
input:-ms-input-placeholder {
opacity: 1;
-ms-transition: opacity 0s;
transition: opacity 0s;
text-align: right;
}
/* IE 10+ */
input::placeholder {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 0s;
text-align: right;
}
/* Modern Browsers */
*:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder {
opacity: 0;
text-align: left;
}
/* Chrome <=56, Safari < 10 */
*:focus:-moz-placeholder {
opacity: 0;
text-align: left;
}
/* FF 4-18 */
*:focus::-moz-placeholder {
opacity: 0;
text-align: left;
}
/* FF 19-50 */
*:focus:-ms-input-placeholder {
opacity: 0;
text-align: left;
}
/* IE 10+ */
*:focus::placeholder {
opacity: 0;
text-align: left;
}
/* Modern Browsers */
input:focus {
text-align: left;
}
This should work in modern browsers:
input[value]:not([value=""])
It selects all inputs with value attribute and then select inputs with non empty value among them.
input:not([value=""])
This works because we are selecting the input only when there isn't an empty string.