diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.cpp
index 81adfe53559b1..4d60e1d47412c 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,20 @@ GC::Ptr<DOM::Element> StyleComputer::element_for_style_node(StyleNodeID style_no
     return m_style_nodes[style_node_id.value()];
 }
 
+void StyleComputer::prepare_elements_for_style_computation()
+{
+    for (;;) {
+        auto elements = m_style_engine.take_elements_awaiting_first_style_computation();
+        if (elements.is_empty())
+            break;
+        for (auto style_node : elements) {
+            auto element = element_for_style_node(style_node);
+            if (element && element->is_connected())
+                element->prepare_for_style_computation({});
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void StyleComputer::visit_edges(Visitor& visitor)
 {
     Base::visit_edges(visitor);
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.h
index c7ffba4cb6a43..db56891f34432 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleComputer.h
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ class WEB_API StyleComputer final : public GC::Cell {
     void register_style_node(StyleNodeID style_node_id, DOM::Element&);
     void unregister_style_node(StyleNodeID style_node_id);
     [[nodiscard]] GC::Ptr<DOM::Element> element_for_style_node(StyleNodeID style_node_id) const;
+    void prepare_elements_for_style_computation();
 
     // Style scopes are numbered per document, with zero naming the document's own scope. A scope is
     // never reused, so a sheet detached with an identity that has been retired detaches nothing
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.cpp
index 99acc5b351272..0a19eecc8639a 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ Vector<StyleNodeID> StyleEngine::take_deferred_element_initial_features()
     return nodes;
 }
 
+HashTable<StyleNodeID> StyleEngine::take_elements_awaiting_first_style_computation()
+{
+    return move(m_nodes_awaiting_first_style_computation);
+}
+
 bool StyleEngine::resize_parsed_substitution_cache(u64 bytes)
 {
     return StyleEngineFFI::style_engine_resize_parsed_substitution_cache(m_impl, bytes);
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.h
index 4b4582edb1913..f6afe79a044eb 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/StyleEngineBridge.h
@@ -50,10 +50,19 @@ class WEB_API StyleEngine {
     // Identity 0 is never returned; it means "no node".
     StyleNodeID allocate_style_node();
     void allocate_style_nodes(Span<StyleNodeID> nodes);
-    void defer_element_initial_features(StyleNodeID style_node) { m_nodes_with_pending_initial_features.set(style_node); }
-    void cancel_deferred_element_initial_features(StyleNodeID style_node) { m_nodes_with_pending_initial_features.remove(style_node); }
+    void defer_element_initial_features(StyleNodeID style_node)
+    {
+        m_nodes_with_pending_initial_features.set(style_node);
+        m_nodes_awaiting_first_style_computation.set(style_node);
+    }
+    void cancel_deferred_element_initial_features(StyleNodeID style_node)
+    {
+        m_nodes_with_pending_initial_features.remove(style_node);
+        m_nodes_awaiting_first_style_computation.remove(style_node);
+    }
     [[nodiscard]] bool has_deferred_element_initial_features(StyleNodeID style_node) const { return m_nodes_with_pending_initial_features.contains(style_node); }
     Vector<StyleNodeID> take_deferred_element_initial_features();
+    HashTable<StyleNodeID> take_elements_awaiting_first_style_computation();
     [[nodiscard]] bool resize_parsed_substitution_cache(u64 bytes);
 
     void set_element_parts(StyleNodeID node, ReadonlySpan<StyleAtomID> names, ReadonlySpan<StyleNodeID> hosts);
@@ -223,6 +232,7 @@ class WEB_API StyleEngine {
 
     HashTable<FlatPtr> m_atoms;
     HashTable<StyleNodeID> m_nodes_with_pending_initial_features;
+    HashTable<StyleNodeID> m_nodes_awaiting_first_style_computation;
     size_t m_element_match_capacity { 64 };
 
     u32 m_declaration_block_version { 1 };
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/UpdateStyle.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/UpdateStyle.cpp
index d3ab026576977..45730effebda3 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/UpdateStyle.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/UpdateStyle.cpp
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ static void update_style(DOM::Document& document)
     // Fetch the viewport rect once, instead of repeatedly, during style computation.
     document.update_style_computer_viewport_rect();
 
+    // An element may have rendering-only descendants that must join the transaction which first styles it. Prepare
+    // those descendants before selector inputs cross the transaction boundary.
+    document.style_computer().prepare_elements_for_style_computation();
+
     // Media rules are evaluated before the transaction boundary below, because evaluating them is
     // itself a source of inputs: a rule that starts or stops applying publishes its activation. A
     // transaction taken ahead of that would leave those inputs for the next flush, so the flush that made
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
index c5c5dc8344eea..a745b6c829d78 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.cpp
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ bool Element::matches_placeholder_shown_pseudo_class() const
     // - input elements that have a placeholder attribute whose value is currently being presented to the user.
     if (is<HTML::HTMLInputElement>(*this) && has_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::placeholder)) {
         auto const& input_element = static_cast<HTML::HTMLInputElement const&>(*this);
-        return input_element.placeholder_element() && input_element.placeholder_value().has_value();
+        return input_element.placeholder_value().has_value();
     }
     // - textarea elements that have a placeholder attribute whose value is currently being presented to the user.
     if (is<HTML::HTMLTextAreaElement>(*this) && has_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::placeholder)) {
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
index e99790019e7f7..fb7f66f779112 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Element.h
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@ class WEB_API Element
 
     virtual void initialize_element() { }
 
+    void prepare_for_style_computation(Badge<CSS::StyleComputer>) { prepare_for_style_computation(); }
+
 protected:
     Element(Document&, DOM::QualifiedName);
 
@@ -791,6 +793,7 @@ class WEB_API Element
     MUST_UPCALL virtual void attribute_changed(Utf16FlyString const& local_name, Optional<Utf16String> const& old_value, Optional<Utf16String> const& value, Optional<Utf16FlyString> const& namespace_);
 
     virtual void computed_properties_changed() { }
+    virtual void prepare_for_style_computation() { }
 
     virtual void visit_edges(Cell::Visitor&) override;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp
index 68118da106d9a..db21ad96e2a06 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp
@@ -799,10 +799,11 @@ WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> HTMLInputElement::set_value(Utf16View value)
             if (m_text_node) {
                 m_text_node->set_data(m_value);
                 update_placeholder_visibility();
-
-                set_the_selection_range(m_text_node->length(), m_text_node->length());
             }
 
+            if (selection_or_range_applies())
+                set_the_selection_range(m_value.length_in_code_units(), m_value.length_in_code_units());
+
             update_shadow_tree();
         }
 
@@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ void HTMLInputElement::update_text_input_shadow_tree()
 {
     update_placeholder_visibility();
 
-    if (m_type == TypeAttributeState::Number) {
+    if (m_type == TypeAttributeState::Number && m_up_button_element && m_down_button_element) {
         // The `textfield` appearance is used to hide the stepper buttons.
         if (auto style = computed_style(); style && style->appearance() == CSS::Appearance::Textfield) {
             m_up_button_element->set_inline_style(stepper_button_style_when_hidden());
@@ -1064,7 +1065,7 @@ Utf16String HTMLInputElement::placeholder() const
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#attr-input-placeholder
 Optional<Utf16String> HTMLInputElement::placeholder_value() const
 {
-    if (!m_text_node || !m_text_node->data().is_empty())
+    if (!relevant_value().is_empty())
         return {};
     if (!is_allowed_to_have_placeholder(type_state()))
         return {};
@@ -1175,6 +1176,9 @@ void HTMLInputElement::remove_image_button_alt_text_shadow_tree()
 
 void HTMLInputElement::update_image_button_alt_text_shadow_tree()
 {
+    if (!shadow_root() && !has_style())
+        return;
+
     auto alt_text = get_attribute_value(HTML::AttributeNames::alt);
     if (type_state() != TypeAttributeState::ImageButton || !renders_as_alt_text() || alt_text.is_empty()) {
         remove_image_button_alt_text_shadow_tree();
@@ -1745,9 +1749,11 @@ void HTMLInputElement::type_attribute_changed(TypeAttributeState old_state, Type
         CSS::Invalidation::invalidate_style_after_default_state_change(*this, was_default);
     CSS::Invalidation::invalidate_style_after_read_write_state_change(*this, was_read_write);
     clear_element_reference_pseudo_elements();
+    auto should_materialize_shadow_tree = shadow_root() || has_style();
     set_shadow_root(nullptr);
     m_image_button_alt_text_node = nullptr;
-    create_shadow_tree_if_needed();
+    if (should_materialize_shadow_tree)
+        create_shadow_tree_if_needed();
 
     // 5. Signal a type change for the element. (The Radio Button state uses this, in particular.)
     signal_a_type_change();
@@ -2164,7 +2170,9 @@ void HTMLInputElement::clear_algorithm()
 
 void HTMLInputElement::form_associated_element_was_inserted()
 {
-    create_shadow_tree_if_needed();
+    // NB: The user-agent shadow tree is rendering state. It is created when a connected control first participates in
+    //     a style update, before computed properties are assigned. Creating it in the insertion steps would also
+    //     materialize controls in detached and short-lived trees.
 
     if (is_connected()) {
         // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#radio-button-state-(type=radio)
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h
index c1737d2b8f9c8..04c7ae5005da0 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class WEB_API HTMLInputElement final
     void commit_pending_changes();
     bool has_uncommitted_changes() { return m_has_uncommitted_changes; }
 
+    void ensure_user_agent_shadow_tree(Badge<Internals::Internals>) { create_shadow_tree_if_needed(); }
+
     Utf16String placeholder() const;
     Optional<Utf16String> placeholder_value() const;
 
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@ class WEB_API HTMLInputElement final
 
     void type_attribute_changed(TypeAttributeState old_state, TypeAttributeState new_state);
     virtual void computed_properties_changed() override;
+    virtual void prepare_for_style_computation() override { create_shadow_tree_if_needed(); }
 
     virtual bool is_presentational_hint(Utf16FlyString const&) const override;
     virtual void apply_presentational_hints(Vector<CSS::StyleProperty>&) const override;
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.cpp
index d221019b6e8de..6d68b28ec3b6d 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/EventLoop/TaskQueue.h>
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/FormAssociatedElement.h>
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h>
+#include <LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h>
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/HTMLMediaElement.h>
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/LocalNavigable.h>
 #include <LibWeb/HTML/LocalTraversableNavigable.h>
@@ -972,8 +973,15 @@ GC::Ref<WebIDL::Promise> Internals::flush_session_history_traversal_queue()
     return promise;
 }
 
+bool Internals::has_shadow_root(GC::Ref<DOM::Element> element)
+{
+    return element->shadow_root() != nullptr;
+}
+
 GC::Ptr<DOM::ShadowRoot> Internals::get_shadow_root(GC::Ref<DOM::Element> element)
 {
+    if (auto* input = as_if<HTML::HTMLInputElement>(*element))
+        input->ensure_user_agent_shadow_tree({});
     return element->shadow_root();
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.h
index b2df9d5c9e051..c30963daed54d 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class WEB_API Internals final : public InternalsBase {
     bool has_html_parser_end_state(DOM::Document& document) { return document.has_html_parser_end_state(); }
     void clobber_next_navigation_with_a_traversal();
 
+    bool has_shadow_root(GC::Ref<DOM::Element>);
     GC::Ptr<DOM::ShadowRoot> get_shadow_root(GC::Ref<DOM::Element>);
 
     void handle_sdl_input_events();
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.idl b/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.idl
index e2634eadcac82..71c463a007ed4 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.idl
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Internals/Internals.idl
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ interface Internals {
     // re-stamping the next navigation's ongoing navigation with a traversal during its unload check.
     undefined clobberNextNavigationWithATraversal();
 
+    boolean hasShadowRoot(Element element);
+
     // Returns the shadow root of the element, if it has one, even if it's not normally accessible to JS.
     ShadowRoot? getShadowRoot(Element element);
 
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/DOM/input-shadow-tree-materialization.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/DOM/input-shadow-tree-materialization.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..42457b478154a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/DOM/input-shadow-tree-materialization.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+detached parsed input: false
+detached type change: false
+detached number value change: false
+detached parsed image input: false
+detached image alt change: false
+after style computation: true
+materialized type change: true
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/style-engine/has-mutations.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/style-engine/has-mutations.txt
index 0eb3f294d18df..80bd7ec2f8473 100644
--- a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/style-engine/has-mutations.txt
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/style-engine/has-mutations.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ the first alternative of a listed argument: [listed-alternatives, listed-hit]
 the second alternative of a listed argument: [listed-alternatives-2, listed-hit-2]
 an argument that names no fact at all: [anything, anything-child]
 an argument that names a position: [positional-last]
-an argument that names a constraint: [constrained, constrained-input, div, div, div]
+an argument that names a constraint: [constrained, constrained-input]
 a sibling seam closing over a departure: [seam-after]
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/input-placeholder-shown-before-style.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/input-placeholder-shown-before-style.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8d63d27c2c5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/input-placeholder-shown-before-style.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+parsed input: true
+appended input: true
+shadow before value: false
+non-empty value: false
+shadow after value: false
+cleared value: true
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/DOM/input-shadow-tree-materialization.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/DOM/input-shadow-tree-materialization.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e096604d1fc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/DOM/input-shadow-tree-materialization.html
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<script src="../include.js"></script>
+<script>
+    test(() => {
+        const container = document.createElement("div");
+        container.innerHTML = '<input type="email">';
+        const parsedInput = container.firstElementChild;
+        println(`detached parsed input: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(parsedInput)}`);
+
+        const changedInput = document.createElement("input");
+        changedInput.type = "file";
+        println(`detached type change: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(changedInput)}`);
+
+        const numberInput = document.createElement("input");
+        numberInput.type = "number";
+        numberInput.value = "1";
+        println(`detached number value change: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(numberInput)}`);
+
+        const imageContainer = document.createElement("div");
+        imageContainer.innerHTML = '<input type="image" alt="Parsed image">';
+        println(`detached parsed image input: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(imageContainer.firstElementChild)}`);
+
+        const changedImageInput = document.createElement("input");
+        changedImageInput.type = "image";
+        changedImageInput.alt = "Changed image";
+        println(`detached image alt change: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(changedImageInput)}`);
+
+        document.body.appendChild(parsedInput);
+        getComputedStyle(parsedInput).display;
+        println(`after style computation: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(parsedInput)}`);
+
+        const oldShadowRoot = internals.getShadowRoot(parsedInput);
+        parsedInput.type = "color";
+        println(`materialized type change: ${oldShadowRoot !== internals.getShadowRoot(parsedInput)}`);
+    });
+</script>
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/style-engine/has-mutations.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/style-engine/has-mutations.html
index afce26fb913df..756957b789cbb 100644
--- a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/style-engine/has-mutations.html
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/style-engine/has-mutations.html
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@
         plan("an argument that names a position", () =>
             document.getElementById("positional").appendChild(make("span", "positional-last")));
 
-        // A control arrives already required, which no attribute the engine indexes says.
+        // This control is already required before the mutation, so no indexed attribute mutation represents that
+        // initial state. Rendering-only user-agent descendants remain unmaterialized until style is computed, so this
+        // mutation publishes only author nodes.
         plan("an argument that names a constraint", () =>
             document.getElementById("constrained").appendChild(make("input", "constrained-input", { attributes: { required: "" } })));
 
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/input-placeholder-shown-before-style.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/input-placeholder-shown-before-style.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b14a3f3e2058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/input-placeholder-shown-before-style.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<script src="include.js"></script>
+<input id="parsed-input" placeholder="Parsed input">
+<script>
+    test(() => {
+        println(`parsed input: ${document.querySelector("#parsed-input").matches(":placeholder-shown")}`);
+
+        const appendedInput = document.createElement("input");
+        appendedInput.placeholder = "Appended input";
+        document.body.appendChild(appendedInput);
+        println(`appended input: ${appendedInput.matches(":placeholder-shown")}`);
+        println(`shadow before value: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(appendedInput)}`);
+
+        appendedInput.value = "value";
+        println(`non-empty value: ${appendedInput.matches(":placeholder-shown")}`);
+        println(`shadow after value: ${internals.hasShadowRoot(appendedInput)}`);
+
+        appendedInput.value = "";
+        println(`cleared value: ${appendedInput.matches(":placeholder-shown")}`);
+    });
+</script>