Vertically align text within input field of fixed-height without display: table or padding?

Question

The line-height property usually takes care of vertical alignment, but not with inputs. Is there a way to automatically center text without playing around with padding?

Answer 1

Try :

height: 21px;
line-height: 21px; /* FOR IE */

Because on some versions of IE (< 9) the property height is not properly interpreted.