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		spoonfeeder006 on March 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Knowing CSS is mastery to front end development > Custom icons for an input field? Welp, it’s not that easy for privacy reasons to add a pseudo-class here in certain cases. What exactly are those privacy reasons? And by custom icon for input field is meant replacing the cursor with e.g. an svg?

AlienRobot on March 2, 2025 [–]

The only thing I can imagine is if they are third-party icons? I don't understand it either.

alex-e-leon on March 2, 2025 | [–]

The issue is that css doesnt allow adding pseudo elements (:before/after) to input fields, making adding icons to an input a little trickier than with other elements.

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