681319 - default text in search box is not greyed out

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[Pratibha]

Attachment: screenshot

- Load https://addons.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/

Issue noticed: 
default text in Search box is not greyed out in Firefox browser

Note: same text is displayed greyed out in Google chrome

Refer attached screenshot comparing default text in Firefox and Google chrome browsers

Comment 1

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

That's between you and Firefox.

Comment 2

[Pratibha]

Jeff,

Please review on this.
https://addons.allizom.org/z/en-US/firefox/i/collections/?sort=featured
compare to https://addons.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/collections/?sort=featured

Default text in collections search box in new pages is not greyed out as in old pages

Reopening this bug for further reviews if my point is a valid one. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Pratibha]

Attachment: screenshot comparing search box in old and new collections pages

Comment 4

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

https://github.com/jbalogh/zamboni/commit/cb01bca 

Our input styling is overriding firefox's default placeholder style.

Comment 5

[Pratibha]

Attachment: PostFix Screenshot

Verified at: 
https://addons.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/i/collections/?sort=featured
https://addons.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/

Default text in search box is greyed out