Last modified: 2013-12-30 09:28:57 UTC
[1] added color: black to div#simpleSearch input#searchInput, which has a higher specifity than the selector with color: #999 for the placeholder in [2]ff. [1] https://git.wikimedia.org/commitdiff/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/a9881e87d456305cc4ddc2fdf35cd346283f3072 [2] https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/554a5d04433207c6386d8c54281ac4e58b220a47/skins%2Fvector%2Fscreen.css#L407
Ugh, yes, my bad. Thanks for spotting. I5fe0543e fixes this among other issues. Also, this only affects browsers without native placeholder support: very old Firefoxes and Operas and IE<10. http://caniuse.com/#feat=input-placeholder
(In reply to comment #1) > Also, this only affects browsers without native placeholder support I (have to) use an old Firefox, but it is Firefox 10, which already has placeholder support, and the color changed to black there.
Change 82100 had a related patch set uploaded by Bartosz Dziewoński: Rewrite rendering of Vector simple search https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/82100
(In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > Also, this only affects browsers without native placeholder support > > I (have to) use an old Firefox, but it is Firefox 10, which already has > placeholder support, and the color changed to black there. Indeed, and that makes perfect sense. Selector "div#simpleSearch input#searchInput" overrides "div#simpleSearch input.placeholder" (the emulated placeholder), but also "div#simpleSearch input::-webkit-input-placeholder" and "div#simpleSearch input:-moz-placeholder". Both these selectors have the same specificity (element, id, element, class/pseudo-class)
Change 92201 had a related patch set uploaded by Bartosz Dziewoński: vector: Restore gray search input placeholder https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/92201
I submitted a separate patch for this since the big one probably isn't getting merged into 1.22. I'll make sure to backport it. Sorry about the mess.
Change 92774 had a related patch set uploaded by Krinkle: vector: Restore gray search input placeholder https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/92774
Change 92201 merged by jenkins-bot: vector: Restore gray search input placeholder https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/92201
Change 92774 merged by jenkins-bot: vector: Restore gray search input placeholder https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/92774
Fixed and backported. The fix should be included in next release candidate.
