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The caret-color property in CSS changes the color of the cursor (caret) in inputs, texareas, or really any element that is editable, like:
input,
textarea,
[contenteditable] {
caret-color: red;
}The color of the caret generally matches the color of the text, but this property allows you to change those independently.
Faking it
Before this existed there was a method for faking it involving forcing the text to be transparent (where supported via -webkit-text-fill-color) and making the text show back up, colorized, via text-shadow.
Browser Support
This browser support data is from Caniuse, which has more detail. A number indicates that browser supports the feature at that version and up.
Desktop
| Chrome | Firefox | IE | Edge | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 53 | No | 79 | 11.1 |
Mobile / Tablet
| Android Chrome | Android Firefox | Android | iOS Safari |
|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 127 | 126 | 11.3-11.4 |
