Is there a way to select the text input values first letter and change its color via CSS in the stylesheet? so for example, I have
Edit: I just noticed that there is a bug in Chrome that causes the cursor to become in the wrong spot with contenteditable
and ::first-letter
. It would work for any other case.
I rolled my own (mostly CSS) solution for using a while ago, and I now share it with you. It emulates a text input, yet is a div. If the
div
is class text
then input is forced to be on 1 line (otherwise it is closer to a textarea
). The div comes with a placeholder that is its data-placeholder
attribute. The form-remote-input
attribute signals to the JS which input
to fill hold the value of the div. To meet the requirements, I added ::first-letter {color: #F00;}
to the div
. Run the code snippet to see my false input.
function remote_input_updater(element, scope) {
var scope = typeof scope !== 'undefined' ? scope : document;
var remote_id = element.getAttribute('form-remote-input');
var remote_element = scope.querySelector("#" + remote_id);
// Load initial value
element.textContent = remote_element.value;
// Add blur event updater
var update_remote = function(e){
remote_element.value = element.textContent;
if(element.textContent == "") { // Remove extra
s that get added
while (element.firstChild) {
element.removeChild(element.firstChild);
}
}
}
element.addEventListener('blur', update_remote);
};
[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('[form-remote-input]'), function(element){remote_input_updater(element)});[contenteditable] {
color: #000;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 3px;
min-height: 1.2em;
}
[contenteditable]:empty::before{
content: attr(data-placeholder);
color: #666;
}
[contenteditable=true]:empty:focus::before{
content: "\00a0";
}
[contenteditable]:focus {
outline: none;
}
/* Forces single line */
.text[contenteditable] br{
display:none;
}
.text[contenteditable] * {
display: inline;
}
#first-red::first-letter {
color: #F00;
}