caret-color
Quick Summary for caret-color
caret-color
CSS property sets the color of the insertion caret, the visible marker where the next character typed will be inserted. This is sometimes referred to as the text input cursor. The caret appears in elements such as <input>
or those with the contenteditable
attribute. The caret is typically a thin vertical line that flashes to help make it more noticeable. By default, it is black, but its color can be altered with this property.
Code Usage for caret-color
/* Keyword values */ caret-color: auto; caret-color: transparent; caret-color: currentcolor; /* <color> values */ caret-color: red; caret-color: #5729e9; caret-color: rgb(0, 200, 0); caret-color: hsla(228, 4%, 24%, 0.8); /* Global values */ caret-color: inherit; caret-color: initial; caret-color: revert; caret-color: unset;
More Details for caret-color
caret-color
The caret-color
CSS property sets the color of the insertion caret, the visible marker where the next character typed will be inserted. This is sometimes referred to as the text input cursor. The caret appears in elements such as <input>
or those with the contenteditable
attribute. The caret is typically a thin vertical line that flashes to help make it more noticeable. By default, it is black, but its color can be altered with this property.
Note that the insertion caret is only one type of caret. For example, many browsers have a "navigation caret," which acts similarly to an insertion caret but can be moved around in non-editable text. On the other hand, the mouse cursor image shown when hovering over text where the cursor
property is auto
, or when hovering over an element where the cursor
property is text
or vertical-text
, though it sometimes looks like a caret, is not a caret (it's a cursor).
Syntax
/* Keyword values */ caret-color: auto; caret-color: transparent; caret-color: currentcolor; /* <color> values */ caret-color: red; caret-color: #5729e9; caret-color: rgb(0, 200, 0); caret-color: hsla(228, 4%, 24%, 0.8); /* Global values */ caret-color: inherit; caret-color: initial; caret-color: revert; caret-color: unset;
Values
auto
The user agent selects an appropriate color for the caret. This is generally currentcolor
, but the user agent may choose a different color to ensure good visibility and contrast with the surrounding content, taking into account the value of currentcolor
, the background, shadows, and other factors.
Note: While user agents may use currentcolor
(which is usually animatable) for the auto
value, auto
is not interpolated in transitions and animations.
<color>
The color of the caret.
Formal definition
Initial value | auto |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | auto is computed as specified and <color> values are computed as defined for the color property. |
Animation type | a color |
Formal syntax
auto | <color>where
<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hwb()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>
where
<rgb()> = rgb( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgb( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )<rgba()> = rgba( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgba( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )<hsl()> = hsl( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsl( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )<hsla()> = hsla( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsla( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )<hwb()> = hwb( [<hue> | none] [<percentage> | none] [<percentage> | none] [ / [<alpha-value> | none] ]? )
where
<alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage><hue> = <number> | <angle>
Examples
Setting a custom caret color
HTML<input value="This field uses a default caret." size="64"/> <input class="custom" value="I have a custom caret color!" size="64"/> <p contenteditable class="custom">This paragraph can be edited, and its caret has a custom color as well!</p>
CSS input { caret-color: auto; display: block; margin-bottom: .5em; } input.custom { caret-color: red; } p.custom { caret-color: green; }
ResultSpecifications
Specification |
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CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 4 # caret-color |
See also
The<input>
element The HTML contenteditable
attribute, which can be used to make any element's text editable Making content editable Applying color to HTML elements using CSS The <color>
data type Other color-related properties: color
, background-color
, border-color
, outline-color
, text-decoration-color
, text-emphasis-color
, text-shadow
, caret-color
, and column-rule-color
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