How to align Placeholder Text in HTML ?

The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of a input field / textarea. The short hint is displayed in the field before the user enters a value. In most of the browsers, placeholder texts are usually aligned in left. The selector uses text-align property to set the text alignment in the placeholder.
This selector can change browser to browser. For example:

  • For Chrome, Mozilla, and Opera Browsers: 
    ::placeholder
  • For Internet Explorer: 
    :-ms-input-placeholder

Example 1: This example describes only placeholder alignment, it does not align placeholder value.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Change Placeholder alignment</title>
        <style>
            input[type="email"]::placeholder { 
                  
                /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */
                text-align: center;
            }
            input[type="text"]::placeholder { 
                  
                /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */
                text-align: right;
            }
            input[type="tel"]::placeholder { 
                  
                /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */
                text-align: left;
            }
            input[type="email"]:-ms-input-placeholder {
                  
                /* Internet Explorer 10-11 */
                text-align: center;
            }
            input[type="email"]::-ms-input-placeholder { 
                  
                /* Microsoft Edge */
                text-align: center;
            }
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h3>Placeholder Text Alignment</h3>
        <p>Center Aligned<br><input type="email" 
        placeholder="Email"></p><br>
          
        <p>Right Aligned<br><input type="text" 
        placeholder="Name"></p><br>
          
        <p>Left Aligned<br><input type="tel" 
        placeholder="Phone Number"></p>
    </body>
</html>                    

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Example 2: This example describes the placeholder and placeholder value align.











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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <title>Change Placeholder alignment</title> 


        <style> 


            input[type="email"]{  


                text-align: center; 


            } 


            input[type="text"] {  


                text-align: right; 


            } 


            input[type="tel"] {  


                text-align: left; 


            } 


            body { 


                text-align:center; 


            } 


            h1 { 


                color:green; 


            } 


        </style> 


    </head> 


    <body> 


        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 


        <h3>Placeholder Text Alignment</h3> 


        <p>Center Aligned<br><input type="email" 


        placeholder="Email"></p><br> 


          


        <p>Right Aligned<br><input type="text" 


        placeholder="Name"></p><br> 


          


        <p>Left Aligned<br><input type="tel" placeholder="Phone Number"></p> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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