::-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. This includes inputs that appear text-like or fall back to type="text". Such inputs include:

• <input type="color">
• <input type="date">
• <input type="datetime">
• <input type="datetime-local">
• <input type="email">
• <input type="month">
• <input type="number">
• <input type="search">
• <input type="tel">
• <input type="time">
• <input type="url">
• <input type="week">

Allowable Properties

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

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.

Browser compatibility

Historically supported in Internet Explorer and Edge before version 79.