Css and input types

HTML type Attribute

An HTML form with two input fields; one text field and one submit button:

More «Try it Yourself» examples below.

Definition and Usage

The type attribute specifies the type of element to display.

If the type attribute is not specified, the default type is «text».

Browser Support

Syntax

Attribute Values

Value	Description
button	Defines a clickable button (mostly used with a JavaScript to activate a script)
checkbox	Defines a checkbox
color	Defines a color picker
date	Defines a date control (year, month, day (no time))
datetime-local	Defines a date and time control (year, month, day, time (no timezone)
email	Defines a field for an e-mail address
file	Defines a file-select field and a «Browse» button (for file uploads)
hidden	Defines a hidden input field
image	Defines an image as the submit button
month	Defines a month and year control (no timezone)
number	Defines a field for entering a number
password	Defines a password field
radio	Defines a radio button
range	Defines a range control (like a slider control)
reset	Defines a reset button
search	Defines a text field for entering a search string
submit	Defines a submit button
tel	Defines a field for entering a telephone number
text	Default. Defines a single-line text field
time	Defines a control for entering a time (no timezone)
url	Defines a field for entering a URL
week	Defines a week and year control (no timezone)

More Examples

Input type: button

A push button that activates a JavaScript when it is clicked:

Input type: checkbox

Checkboxes let a user select one or more options of a limited number of choices:

Input type: color

Select a color from a color picker:

Input type: date

Input type: datetime-local

Define a date and time control (no time zone):

Input type: email

Define a field for an e-mail address (will be automatically validated when submitted):

Input type: file

Define a file-select field and a «Browse. » button (for file uploads):

Input type: hidden

Define a hidden field (not visible to a user).

A hidden field often stores what database record that needs to be updated when the form is submitted:

Input type: image

Define an image as a submit button:

Input type: month

Define a month and year control (no time zone):

Input type: number

Define a field for entering a number (You can also set restrictions on what numbers are accepted):

Use the following attributes to specify restrictions:

• max — specifies the maximum value allowed
• min — specifies the minimum value allowed
• step — specifies the legal number intervals
• value — Specifies the default value

Input type: password

Define a password field (characters are masked):

Input type: radio

Radio buttons let a user select only one of a limited number of choices:

Input type: range

Define a control for entering a number whose exact value is not important (like a slider control). Default range is 0 to 100. However, you can set restrictions on what numbers are accepted with the min, max, and step attributes:

Use the following attributes to specify restrictions:

• max — specifies the maximum value allowed
• min — specifies the minimum value allowed
• step — specifies the legal number intervals
• value — Specifies the default value

Input type: reset

Define a reset button (resets all form values to default values):

Tip: Use the reset button carefully! It can be annoying for users who accidentally activate the reset button.

Input type: search

Define a search field (like a site search, or Google search):

Input type: submit

Input type: tel

Define a field for entering a telephone number:

Input type: text

Define two single-line text fields that a user can enter text into:

Input type: time

Define a control for entering a time (no time zone):

Input type: url

Define a field for entering a URL:

Tip: Safari on iPhone recognizes the url input type, and changes the on-screen keyboard to match it (adds .com option).

Input type: week

Define a week and year control (no time zone):

Источник

CSS Forms

The look of an HTML form can be greatly improved with CSS:

Styling Input Fields

Use the width property to determine the width of the input field:

Example

The example above applies to all elements. If you only want to style a specific input type, you can use attribute selectors:

• input[type=text] — will only select text fields
• input[type=password] — will only select password fields
• input[type=number] — will only select number fields
• etc..

Padded Inputs

Use the padding property to add space inside the text field.

Tip: When you have many inputs after each other, you might also want to add some margin , to add more space outside of them:

Example

Note that we have set the box-sizing property to border-box . This makes sure that the padding and eventually borders are included in the total width and height of the elements.
Read more about the box-sizing property in our CSS Box Sizing chapter.

Bordered Inputs

Use the border property to change the border size and color, and use the border-radius property to add rounded corners:

Example

If you only want a bottom border, use the border-bottom property:

Example

Colored Inputs

Use the background-color property to add a background color to the input, and the color property to change the text color:

Example

Focused Inputs

By default, some browsers will add a blue outline around the input when it gets focus (clicked on). You can remove this behavior by adding outline: none; to the input.

Use the :focus selector to do something with the input field when it gets focus:

Example

Example

Input with icon/image

If you want an icon inside the input, use the background-image property and position it with the background-position property. Also notice that we add a large left padding to reserve the space of the icon:

Example

input[type=text] <
background-color: white;
background-image: url(‘searchicon.png’);
background-position: 10px 10px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-left: 40px;
>

Animated Search Input

In this example we use the CSS transition property to animate the width of the search input when it gets focus. You will learn more about the transition property later, in our CSS Transitions chapter.

Example

input[type=text] <
transition: width 0.4s ease-in-out;
>

input[type=text]:focus width: 100%;
>

Styling Textareas

Tip: Use the resize property to prevent textareas from being resized (disable the «grabber» in the bottom right corner):

Example

textarea <
width: 100%;
height: 150px;
padding: 12px 20px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 2px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 4px;
background-color: #f8f8f8;
resize: none;
>

Styling Select Menus

Example

select <
width: 100%;
padding: 16px 20px;
border: none;
border-radius: 4px;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
>

Styling Input Buttons

Example

input[type=button], input[type=submit], input[type=reset] <
background-color: #04AA6D;
border: none;
color: white;
padding: 16px 32px;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 4px 2px;
cursor: pointer;
>

/* Tip: use width: 100% for full-width buttons */

For more information about how to style buttons with CSS, read our CSS Buttons Tutorial.

Responsive Form

Resize the browser window to see the effect. When the screen is less than 600px wide, make the two columns stack on top of each other instead of next to each other.

Advanced: The following example uses media queries to create a responsive form. You will learn more about this in a later chapter.

Aligned Form

An example of how to style labels together with inputs to create a horizontal aligned form:

Источник