From: jrobson <jrobson@wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:09:36 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Cleanup search placeholder black/gray text mess
X-Git-Tag: 1.31.0-rc.0~16809
X-Git-Url: http://git.cyclocoop.org/%24href?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9dbb4586cd1054609e70ea570f8cd5429e048be3;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git

Cleanup search placeholder black/gray text mess

Document all these cryptic selectors
Drop -webkit support - not necessary
Follow up to: Ief9a5a178058eb01ab032cfae8639b0fc52c47a4
Note: For the record, I think all these rules should die
but if they are not going to they should at least be documented!
Change-Id: I3bb2d9fc4f8502cbf36356a9bc6e3034d2d47ab1
---

diff --git a/skins/vector/components/search.less b/skins/vector/components/search.less
index ec0b2fae7f..365995ded4 100644
--- a/skins/vector/components/search.less
+++ b/skins/vector/components/search.less
@@ -55,18 +55,21 @@ div#simpleSearch {
 
 		// These rules MAY NOT be merged because of how CSS requires browsers
 		// to parse unrecognized selectors!
+		// Note these rules ensure that placeholder text can be distinguished from
+		// standard text. In browsers which make this distinction clear these rules
+		// are not necessary.
+		// For inputs that use jquery.placeholder.js e.g. IE9-
 		&.placeholder {
 			color: #999;
 		}
+		// Distinguish placeholder text in IE10+
 		&:-ms-input-placeholder {
 			color: #999;
 		}
+		// Distinguish placeholder text in Firefox 18-
 		&:-moz-placeholder {
 			color: #999;
 		}
-		&::-webkit-input-placeholder {
-			color: #999;
-		}
 
 		// Undo the styles Webkit browsers apply to type=search fields,
 		// we provide our own