Changing color of placeholder text in my for my ionic 2 application</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="2017-03-30T08:12:02.390" class="fromnow">Mar 30 '17 at 08:12</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2017-03-30T08:42:17.917" datetime="2017-03-30T08:42:17.917">Mar 30 '17 at 08:42</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 3,046 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 3,046 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="43112067" data-ownerid="6642869" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column 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in default color</p> </blockquote> <p><a class="external-link" href="https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/solved-ion-textarea-resize-height-dynamically/80885/3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">refering to this answer</a></p> <blockquote> <p>HTML</p> </blockquote> <pre><code><textarea #myInput id="myInput" rows="1" placeholder="Enter Question here" maxLength="100" (keyup)="resize()" [(ngModel)]="addQuestion"> </textarea> </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>SCSS file</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>#myInput { width: calc(100% - 10px); border: 0; border-radius: 0; background: transparent; } </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>ts file</p> </blockquote> <pre><code> @ViewChild('myInput') myInput: ElementRef; resize() { this.myInput.nativeElement.style.height = this.myInput.nativeElement.scrollHeight + 'px'; } </code></pre></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 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Try</p> <pre><code> #myInput::placeholder{ color:red } </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="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Mar 30 '17 at 08:42">answered Mar 30 '17 at 08:42</time> <a href="../../users/4826457/suraj-rao" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/4826457.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Suraj Rao" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/4826457/suraj-rao" class="s-user-card--link">Suraj Rao</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">29,388</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="11 gold badges">11</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="94 silver badges">94</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="103 bronze badges">103</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>