In fact, it used to be OK – I had changed its colour using CSS, but it changed with an EM update about 6 months ago, I’m wondering if there’s now a missing CSS class or something???
Something like this should work:
div.css-search input.em-search-geo {
color: #000;
}
Actually, I’ve found it. It’s in the plugin’s CSS. Don’t know why I didn’t look in there before.
/* Placeholder text in main section */
div.css-search div.em-search-main div.em-search-field input::-webkit-input-placeholder { /* WebKit browsers */ font-size:16px; line-height:16px; padding:3px 0px; border:none; outline:none; color:#FFF; }
div.css-search div.em-search-main div.em-search-field input:-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 4 to 18 */ font-size:16px; line-height:16px; padding:8px; border:none; outline:none; color:#FFF; }
div.css-search div.em-search-main div.em-search-field input::-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 19+ */ font-size:16px; line-height:16px; padding:8px; border:none; outline:none; color:#FFF; }
div.css-search div.em-search-main div.em-search-field input:-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10+ */ font-size:16px; line-height:16px; padding:8px; border:none; outline:none; color:#FFF; }
(I’ve changed it to #FFF, by default it’s #666)