Allow styling of placeholder on paper-input #676

[andria-dev]

Fixes #676

This fixes #676 by allowing developers to deliberately change just the color of the input's placeholder using --paper-input-container-input-placeholder-color.

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[andria-dev]

I can't figure out why the travis-ci build failed from it's log, and I just filled out the CLA form.

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[e111077]

currently working on a large refactor of paper-input. This PR may be delayed because of this

[e111077]

please add to documentation at the top

[acory]

@e111077 @ChrisBrownie55 Can this be made in a CSS mixin? I really need to be able to modify more than color ..

[andria-dev]

@acory The @apply rule has been abandoned according to https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/5874fca7324e4523a4bdecc8999bdadfdb6c4eff

Therefore, it could be possible to add that in but it would also make sense to leave this in as well. That way both would still be supported.

However, I would suggest not using the @apply rule at all seeing as it is only supported for backward compatibility purposes and the Shadow Parts specification is currently the future.

https://github.com/webcomponents/shadycss

[andria-dev]

Any news on whether or not this is going to be merged anytime soon? @e111077

[e111077]

Still not yet, unfortunately. It might be best to fork this repo for now