Why is text placed differently in s than s or s?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2011-05-18T21:03:34.717" class="fromnow">May 18 '11 at 21:03</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2011-05-18T21:23:24.570" datetime="2011-05-18T21:23:24.570">May 18 '11 at 21:23</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 215 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 215 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="6050994" data-ownerid="672403" data-score="7"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="6050994"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="7">7</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I’m trying to build a jQuery plugin that fakes the HTML5 <code>placeholder</code> attribute (like <a href="../../questions/5575621/what-is-the-most-accurate-way-to-emulate-the-placeholder-attribute-in-browsers">What is the most accurate way to emulate the "placeholder" attribute in browsers that don't support it natively?</a>). To do this I’m inserting a <code><span></code> before the appropriate <code><input></code> or <code><textarea></code> and duplicating the styling.</p> <p>Unfortunately, I’ve discovered that browsers magically place the text differently in <code><input></code>s than <code><span></code>s or <code><textarea></code>s, as demonstrated by <a class="external-link" href="http://jsfiddle.net/63zcD/1/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://jsfiddle.net/63zcD/1/</a>—the text is vertically centered in the <code><input></code>, even though Web Inspector says the styling is identical across all three. The effect appears in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.</p> <p>Tricks that haven’t worked:</p> <ul> <li><code>vertical-align: middle;</code>, <code>vertical-align: text-bottom;</code></li> <li><code>display: inline-block;</code></li> </ul> <p>Twitter’s login page fakes the <code>placeholder</code> attribute, but they get around this problem by wrapping the <code><span></code> and <code><input></code>/<code><textarea></code> in a containing <code><div></code> and manually styling the <code><span></code> for a visual match, which isn’t an option for a plugin that needs to run automatically.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html'" rel="tag">html</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/css" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'css'" rel="tag">css</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div 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data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-7002085" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="7002085" data-comment-owner-id="106224" data-comment-score="4"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">4</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment7002085_6050994"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">It's based on how the OS aligns its text in various controls.</span> – <a href="../../users/106224/boltclock" title="700,868 reputation" class="comment-user ">BoltClock</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/6050994/why-is-text-placed-differently-in-input-s-than-span-s-or-textarea-s#comment7002085_6050994"><span title="2011-05-18T21:05:23.237 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">May 18 '11 at 21:05</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="6051128"></a> <div id="answer-6051128" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="6051128" data-ownerid="759524" data-score="8" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="6051128"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="8">8</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Assigning a line-height that is equal to the element height should work. See this fork of your original fiddle, so to speak: <a class="external-link" href="http://jsfiddle.net/pygPs/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/pygPs/</a>.</p> <p>A quick browser check showed it rendering properly in IE 9, IE 6, as well as the latest Mac versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. I didn't change any of the existing CSS from the original link, just added one line:</p> <pre><code>height: 26px; line-height: 26px; /added this line/ </code></pre></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2011-05-18T21:23:24.570" class="relativetime">May 18 '11 at 21:23</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">Lane</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered May 18 '11 at 21:15">answered May 18 '11 at 21:15</time> <a href="../../users/759524/lane" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/759524.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Lane" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/759524/lane" class="s-user-card--link">Lane</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">468</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="4 silver badges">4</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="8 bronze badges">8</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-6051128" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="6051128" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-7002551" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="7002551" data-comment-owner-id="759524" data-comment-score="1"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> <span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="warm">1</span> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment7002551_6051128"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">No prob. I never get the vertical-align property to work. I figured out that I have better success with it on block elements (as opposed to inline elements like spans), but I still don't love it. I just bumped into this page that's a nice little summary of its problems (and it suggests the line-height property as well): http://phrogz.net/css/vertical-align/index.html</span> – <a href="../../users/759524/lane" title="468 reputation" class="comment-user ">Lane</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/6050994/why-is-text-placed-differently-in-input-s-than-span-s-or-textarea-s#comment7002551_6051128"><span title="2011-05-18T21:38:47.660 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">May 18 '11 at 21:38</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>