::-ms-browse

Summary

The ::-ms-browse CSS pseudo-element represents the "button" to open the file picker of an <input> of type="file". This button and pseudo-element are non-standard and only supported by Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.

Example

HTML

<p><label>Enter Student Name: <input id="name" placeholder="Student Name"/></label></p>
<p><label>Enter Student Branch: <input id="branch" placeholder="Student Branch" /></label></p>
<p><label>Select Student Picture: <input type="file" class="custom-file-input"></label></p> <input type="submit"/>

CSS

input
{
background-color:#E8E8E8;
color:Black;
}
/* placeholder only style */
.custom-file-input::-ms-browse
{
  color:red;
  background-color:yellow;
}

    Output

Specifications

Not part of any specification, though Microsoft has a description of ::-ms-browse on MSDN.

Browser compatibility