Trident Vendor-Prefixed Pseudo Classes | CSS: Presentation Layer

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:-ms-input-placeholder Pseudo-Element

:-ms-input-placeholder applies styles to the placeholder text in an input / element. Default is light gray.

input  /* normal style */
  {
    background-color:LightGray;
    color:Purple;
  }   
  input.address:-ms-input-placeholder /* placeholder only style */   
  {
    font-style:italic;        
    background-color:yellow;
    color:Red;
  }

:-ms-input-placeholder pseudo-class

:-ms-keyboard-active Pseudo-Element

:-ms-keyboard-active applies styles to an element when it has focus and the user presses the space bar. :-ms-keyboard-active pseudo-class can be used to style the following form controls:

• button
• input type="button" /
• input type="checkbox" /
• input type="reset" /
• input type="radio" /
• input type="submit" /

Note: :-ms-keyboard-active pseudo-class is only available to content displayed inside a Windows Store app.

Note: requires Windows 8.

:-ms-keyboard-active pseudo-class