Demo : Styling the HTML5 placeholder
What you should see
- Background colour: Light green
- Border: Thick yellow right border
- Colour: Red
- Font size: 18px
- Font style: Italic
- Font weight: Bold
- Letter spacing: 3px
- Line height: 40px
- Padding: 20px
- Text align: Right
- Text decoration: Overline (thin red line on top)
- Text transform: Uppercase
From the blog post styling the HTML5 placeholder