Can I use a :before or :after pseudo-element on an

Question

I am trying to use the :after CSS pseudo-element on an input field, but it does not work. If I use it with a span, it works OK.

<style type="text/css">
.mystyle:after {content:url(smiley.gif);}
.mystyle {color:red;}
</style>

This works (puts the smiley after "buu!" and before "some more")

<span class="mystyle">buuu!</span>a some more

This does not work - it only colors someValue in red, but there is no smiley.

<input class="mystyle" type="text" value="someValue">

What am I doing wrong? should I use another pseudo-selector?

Note: I cannot add a span around my input, because it is being generated by a third-party control.

Answer 1

:after and :before are not supported in Internet Explorer 7 and under, on any elements.

It's also not meant to be used on replaced elements such as form elements (inputs) and image elements.

In other words it's impossible with pure CSS.

However if using jquery you can use

$(".mystyle").after("add your smiley here");

API docs on .after

To append your content with javascript. This will work across all browsers.

Answer 2

You can use after or before element in your parent block with jQuery. like this:

$(yourInput).parent().addClass("error-form-field");

Answer 3

If you are trying to style an input element with :before and :after, odds are you are trying to mimic the effects of other span, div, or even a elements in your CSS stack.

As Robert Koritnik's answer points out, :before and :after can only be applied to container elements and input elements are not containers.

HOWEVER, HTML 5 introduced the button element which is a container and behaves like an input[type="submit|reset"] element.

    <style>
    .happy:after { content:url(smiley.gif); }
    </style>

    <form>
    <!-- won't work -->
    <input class="happy" type="submit" value="Submit" />

    <!-- works -->
    <button class="happy">Submit</button>
    </form>

Answer 4

Pseudo elements like :after, :before are only for container elements. Elements starting and closing in a single place like <input/>, <img> etc are not container elements and hence pseudo elements are not supported. Once you apply a pseudo element to container element like <div> and if you inspect the code(see the image) you can understand what I mean. Actually the pseudo element is created inside the container element. This is not possible in case of <input> or <img>

Answer 5

A working solution in pure CSS:

The trick is to suppose there's a dom element after the text-field.

/*
 * The trick is here:
 * this selector says "take the first dom element after
 * the input text (+) and set its before content to the
 * value (:before).
 */
input#myTextField + *:before {
  content: "                                                                    

                                                        
            

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Answer 6

I found that you can do it like this:

.submit .btn input
{
   padding:11px 28px 12px 14px;
   background:#004990;
   border:none;
    color:#fff;
}

 .submit .btn
 {
     border:none;
     color:#fff;
     font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
     font-size:1em;
     min-width:96px;
     display:inline-block;
     position:relative;
 }

.submit .btn:after
{
    content:">";
    width:6px;
    height:17px;
    position:absolute;
    right:36px;
    color:#fff;
    top:7px;
}

<div class="submit">
  <div class="btn">
     <input value="Send" type="submit" />
  </div>
</div>

You need to have a div parent that takes the padding and the :after. The first parent needs to be relative and the second div should be absolute so you can set the position of the after.