How to align Placeholder Text in HTML ?

The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of a input field / textarea. The short hint is displayed in the field before the user enters a value. In most of the browsers, placeholder texts are usually aligned in left. The selector uses text-align property to set the text alignment in the placeholder.
This selector can change browser to browser. For example:

For Chrome, Mozilla, and Opera Browsers:
```
::placeholder
```
For Internet Explorer:
```
:-ms-input-placeholder
```

Example 1: This example describes only placeholder alignment, it does not align placeholder value.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>Change Placeholder alignment</title> 
        <style> 
            input[type="email"]::placeholder {  
                  
                /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ 
                text-align: center; 
            } 
            input[type="text"]::placeholder {  
                  
                /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ 
                text-align: right; 
            } 
            input[type="tel"]::placeholder {  
                  
                /* Firefox, Chrome, Opera */ 
                text-align: left; 
            } 
            input[type="email"]:-ms-input-placeholder { 
                  
                /* Internet Explorer 10-11 */ 
                text-align: center; 
            } 
            input[type="email"]::-ms-input-placeholder {  
                  
                /* Microsoft Edge */ 
                text-align: center; 
            } 
            body { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h3>Placeholder Text Alignment</h3> 
        <p>Center Aligned<br><input type="email" 
        placeholder="Email"></p><br> 
          
        <p>Right Aligned<br><input type="text" 
        placeholder="Name"></p><br> 
          
        <p>Left Aligned<br><input type="tel" 
        placeholder="Phone Number"></p> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:
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Example 2: This example describes the placeholder and placeholder value align.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>Change Placeholder alignment</title> 
        <style> 
            input[type="email"]{  
                text-align: center; 
            } 
            input[type="text"] {  
                text-align: right; 
            } 
            input[type="tel"] {  
                text-align: left; 
            } 
            body { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h3>Placeholder Text Alignment</h3> 
        <p>Center Aligned<br><input type="email" 
        placeholder="Email"></p><br> 
          
        <p>Right Aligned<br><input type="text" 
        placeholder="Name"></p><br> 
          
        <p>Left Aligned<br><input type="tel" placeholder="Phone Number"></p> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

How to align Placeholder Text in HTML ?

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