CSS Input field text color of inputted text

Question

I have an input field, and the color of the text in it is black. (I\'m using jquery.placeholder) Let\'s say the text in there is \"E-Mail\"

When you click on this fi

Answer 1

Change your second style to this:

input, select, textarea{
    color: #ff0000;
}

At the moment, you are telling the form to change the text to black once the focus is off. The above remedies that.

Also, it is a good idea to place the normal state styles ahead of the :focus and :hover styles in your stylesheet. That helps prevent this problem. So

input, select, textarea{
    color: #ff0000;
}

textarea:focus, input:focus {
    color: #ff0000;
}