::-ms-clear

The ::-ms-clear CSS pseudo-element creates a clear button at the edge of an <input type="text"> text control that clears the current value. This pseudo-element is non-standard, supported only in Internet Explorer 10, Internet Explorer 11, and Microsoft Edge. The clear button is only shown on focused, non-empty text controls.

Allowable Properties

Only the following CSS properties can be used in a rule with ::-ms-clear in its selector. Other properties are ignored.

• background-clip
• background-color
• background-image
• background-origin
• background-repeat
• background-size
• border-bottom-color
• border-bottom-left-radius
• border-bottom-right-radius
• border-bottom-style
• border-bottom-width
• border-left-color
• border-left-style
• border-left-width
• border-right-color
• border-right-style
• border-right-width
• border-top-color
• border-top-left-radius
• border-top-right-radius
• border-top-style
• border-top-width
• box-shadow
• box-sizing
• color
• cursor
• display (values block, inline-block, none)
• @font-face
• font-size
• font-style
• font-weight
• height
• margin-bottom
• margin-left
• margin-right
• margin-top
• -ms-background-position-x
• -ms-background-position-y
• -ms-high-contrast-adjust
• opacity
• outline-color
• outline-style
• outline-width
• padding-bottom
• padding-left
• padding-right
• padding-top
• transform
• transform-origin
• visibility
• width

Syntax

  ::-ms-clear

Example

HTML

<form>
  <label for="firstname">First name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="firstname" name="firstname" placeholder="First name">
  <br>
  <label for="lastname">Last name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="lastname" name="lastname" placeholder="Second name">
</form>

CSS

input,
label {
  display: block;
}

input[type=text]::-ms-clear {
  color: red;/* This sets the cross color as red. */
  /* The cross can be hidden by setting the display attribute as "none" */
}

Result

The following screenshot shows what the feature will look like:

Specifications

Not part of any specification.

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