Title: Form Text Fields Not Working in IE or Firefox
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Form Text Fields Not Working in IE or Firefox

 *  Resolved [jessicadohm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessicadohm/)
 * (@jessicadohm)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-text-fields-not-working-in-ie-or-firefox/)
 * I have an order form on a website where the input fields appear, but the placeholder
   text and any input text filled in by the user does not appear. The problem is
   only happening on Firefox and IE, Safari and Chrome are fine. Equally as odd,
   there are other contact 7 forms on the website that appear to be unaffected. 
   Only forms on newer pages seem to have this issue. I have tried re-creating the
   forms from scratch on the affected pages and the issue still appears. All plugins,
   theme, and wordpress versions are up to date. Any ideas?
 * You can view the problem form link through November here: [http://suncoastcookies.com/powell-river-trail-riders-fundraiser/](http://suncoastcookies.com/powell-river-trail-riders-fundraiser/)
 * And a second form that has no issues here: [http://suncoastcookies.com/book-your-fundraiser/](http://suncoastcookies.com/book-your-fundraiser/)
 * Site is hosted at GoDaddy.
 * Thanks for any advice!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [Ov3rfly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ov3rfly/)
 * (@ov3rfly)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-text-fields-not-working-in-ie-or-firefox/#post-6717267)
 * There is some CSS which sets `padding: 16px !important;` and `height: 25px;` (
   with `border-box` model) for these input fields, that means that your field is`
   25px` high but has a top and bottom padding of `16px` each so the space for your
   entry is `-7px`, that’s why it is not visible.
 * Solution: Remove the `height: 25px;` in your styles at `.wpcf7 input[type="text"],.
   wpcf7 input[type="email"] { ... }`, not sure which file as your CSS is minified
   with W3 Total Cache…
 *  Thread Starter [jessicadohm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessicadohm/)
 * (@jessicadohm)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-text-fields-not-working-in-ie-or-firefox/#post-6717406)
 * Yep, I just removed the padding altogether and it works great. Not sure why the
   discrepancy between browsers, but thanks so much for your solution Ov3rfly!
 *  [dgdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgdesign/)
 * (@dgdesign)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-text-fields-not-working-in-ie-or-firefox/#post-6717546)
 * Ov3rfly, thanks for the input as i was able to get mine working as well. would
   you know how to reduce the padding as that would hopefully reduce the height 
   of the field? they are just too big. thanks

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 * Last reply from: [dgdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgdesign/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-text-fields-not-working-in-ie-or-firefox/#post-6717546)
 * Status: resolved