Matching an empty input box using CSS

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In modern browsers you can use :placeholder-shown to target the empty input (not to be confused with ::placeholder).

input:placeholder-shown {
    border: 1px solid red; /* Red border only if the input is empty */
}

More info and browser support: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/selectors/p/placeholder-shown/

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