Internet Explorer 10 Windows 8 Remove Text Input and Password Action Icons

Question

I am testing a highly-customized web application in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, since it is an up and coming release, and will likely be using my application some day. Take a look at this sample screenshot of some text input controls from the application:

Is there a way, either within HTML or CSS, to remove the action icons that are located to the right of the text and password input controls?

Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

You need to use the -ms-clear pseudo-element. And use -ms-reveal for the password box.

This should do it:

  ::-ms-clear {
      display: none;
  }

Answer 2

You should instead use this because of the reason in this answer.

/* don't show the x for text inputs */
::-ms-clear {
    width : 0;
    height: 0;
}

/* don't show the eye for password inputs */
::-ms-reveal {
    width : 0;
    height: 0;
}

Answer 3

jeffamaphone's answer works unless the browser is in compatability mode:

You need to use the -ms-clear psuedo-element. And use -ms-reveal for the password box.

This should do it:
::-ms-clear { display: none;
}

But, when the browser is in compatability mode, the reveal icon still appears. To get around this, force the browser into IE10 mode with this tag <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="IE=edge">

Answer 4

Remove action icons from text fields in Internet Explorer 10 just use this css pseudo element

 ::-ms-clear { 
  display: none; }

Remove action icons from password fields in Internet Explorer 10 just use this css pseudo element

::-ms-reveal
 {
   display: none; 
  }