WebKit HTML5 clear button in the input field code example
Example 1: add clear button to text input
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>SO question 2803532</title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('input.deletable').wrap('<span class="deleteicon" />').after($('<span/>').click(function() {
$(this).prev('input').val('').trigger('change').focus();
}));
});
</script>
<style>
span.deleteicon {
position: relative;
}
span.deleteicon span {
position: absolute;
display: block;
top: 5px;
right: 0px;
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
background: url('http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/sprites.png?v=4') 0 -690px;
cursor: pointer;
}
span.deleteicon input {
padding-right: 16px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" class="deletable">
</body>
</html>
Example 2: add clear button to text input
<input type="search" placeholder="Search..."/>
<style>
input[type=search]::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
-webkit-appearance: searchfield-cancel-button;
}
input[type=search] {
-webkit-appearance: none;
}
</style>