'Styling an input type=number

Is it possible to apply a style in the inner "up arrow" and "down arrow" of a <input type="number"> in CSS? I would like to change the background of the up arrow to blue and the down arrow to red. Any ideas?

styling inner arrows

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Solution 1:[1]

UPDATE 17/03/2017

Original solution won't work anymore. The spinners are part of shadow dom. For now just to hide in chrome use:

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}
<input type="number" />

or to always show:

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button {
  opacity: 1;
}
<input type="number" />

You can try the following but keep in mind that works only for Chrome:

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button { 
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    cursor:pointer;
    display:block;
    width:8px;
    color: #333;
    text-align:center;
    position:relative;
}

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button:before,
input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button:after {
    content: "^";
    position:absolute;
    right: 0;
}

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button:before {
    top:0px;
}

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button:after {
    bottom:0px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
}
<input type="number" />

Solution 2:[2]

For Mozilla

input[type=number] { 
    -moz-appearance: textfield;
    appearance: textfield;
    margin: 0; 
}

For Chrome

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button,
input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button { 
      -webkit-appearance: none; 
      margin: 0; 
}

Solution 3:[3]

I modified @LcSalazar's answer a bit... it's still not perfect because the background of the default buttons can still be seen in both Firefox, Chrome & Opera (not tested in Safari); but clicking on the arrows still works

Notes:

  • Adding pointer-events: none; allows you to click through the overlapping button, but then you can not style the button while hovered.
  • The arrows are visible in Edge, but don't work because Edge doesn't use arrows. It only adds an "x" to clear the input.

.number-wrapper {
  position: relative;
}

.number-wrapper:after,
.number-wrapper:before {
  position: absolute;
  right: 5px;
  width: 1.6em;
  height: .9em;
  font-size: 10px;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: #fff;
}

.number-wrapper:after {
  color: blue;
  content: "\25B2";
  margin-top: 1px;
}

.number-wrapper:before {
  color: red;
  content: "\25BC";
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  bottom: -.5em;
}
<span class='number-wrapper'>
    <input type="number" />
</span>

Solution 4:[4]

A little different to the other answers, using a similar concept but divs instead of pseudoclasses:

input {
  position: absolute;
  left: 10px;
  top: 10px;
  width: 50px;
  height: 20px;
  padding: 0px;
  font-size: 14pt;
  border: solid 0.5px #000;
  z-index: 1;
}

.spinner-button {
  position: absolute;
  cursor: default;
  z-index: 2;
  background-color: #ccc;
  width: 14.5px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0px;
  pointer-events: none;
  height: 10px;
  line-height: 10px;
}

#inc-button {
  left: 46px;
  top: 10.5px;
}

#dec-button {
  left: 46px;
  top: 20.5px;
}
<input type="number" value="0" min="0" max="100"/>
<div id="inc-button" class="spinner-button">+</div>
<div id="dec-button" class="spinner-button">-</div>

Solution 5:[5]

I've been struggling with this on mobile and tablet. My solution was to use absolute positioning on the spinners, so I'm just posting it in case it helps anyone else:

<html><head>
    <style>
      body {padding: 10px;margin: 10px}
      input[type=number] {
        /*for absolutely positioning spinners*/
        position: relative; 
        padding: 5px;
        padding-right: 25px;
      }

      input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button,
      input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button {
        opacity: 1;
      }

      input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button, 
      input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button {
        -webkit-appearance: inner-spin-button !important;
        width: 25px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        right: 0;
        height: 100%;
      }
    </style>
  <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"/>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0"/>
  </head>
  <body >
    <input type="number" value="1" step="1" />

  </body></html>

Solution 6:[6]

Crazy idea...

You could play around with some pseudo elements, and create up/down arrows of css content hex codes. The only challange will be to precise the positioning of the arrow, but it may work:

input[type="number"] {
    height: 100px;
}

.number-wrapper {
    position: relative;
}

.number-wrapper:hover:after {
    content: "\25B2";
    position: absolute;
    color: blue;
    left: 100%;
    margin-left: -17px;
    margin-top: 12%;
    font-size: 11px;
}

.number-wrapper:hover:before {
    content: "\25BC";
    position: absolute;
    color: blue;
    left: 100%;
    bottom: 0;
    margin-left: -17px;
    margin-bottom: -14%;
    font-size: 11px;
}
<span class='number-wrapper'>
    <input type="number" />
</span>

Solution 7:[7]

the above code for chrome is working fine. i have tried like this in mozila but its not working. i found the solution for that

For mozila

input[type=number] { 
  -moz-appearance: textfield;
  appearance: textfield;
  margin: 0; 
}

Thanks Sanjib

Solution 8:[8]

The css to modify the spinner arrows is obtuse and unreliable cross-browser.

The most stable option I have found, is to absolutely position an image with pointer-events: none; on top of the spinners.

Untested in Edge but works in all other browsers.

Solution 9:[9]

Tested in Edge, this works to hide the arrows in Edge...

input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button, ::-webkit-outer-spin-button{
    opacity: 0;
}

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Solution 1
Solution 2 MDXZ
Solution 3
Solution 4 Richard Yan
Solution 5 Eric Aya
Solution 6 LcSalazar
Solution 7 psanjib
Solution 8 Dave Carney
Solution 9 F. Müller

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