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Bootstrap 5 Floating Labels

Floating labels

Create beautifully simple form labels that float over your input fields.

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CoreUI components are available as native Angular, React, and Vue components. To learn more please visit the following pages.

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Example

Wrap a pair of <input class="form-control"> and <label> elements in .form-floating to enable floating labels with CoreUI for Bootstrap’s textual form fields. A placeholder is required on each <input> as our method of CSS-only floating labels uses the :placeholder-shown pseudo-element. Also note that the <input> must come first so we can utilize a sibling selector (e.g., ~).

html 
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
  <input type="email" class="form-control" id="floatingInput" placeholder="name@example.com">
  <label for="floatingInput">Email address</label>
</div>
<div class="form-floating">
  <input type="password" class="form-control" id="floatingPassword" placeholder="Password">
  <label for="floatingPassword">Password</label>
</div>

When there’s a value already defined, <label>s will automatically adjust to their floated position.

html 
<form class="form-floating">
  <input type="email" class="form-control" id="floatingInputValue" placeholder="name@example.com" value="test@example.com">
  <label for="floatingInputValue">Input with value</label>
</form>

Form validation styles also work as expected.

html 
<form class="form-floating">
  <input type="email" class="form-control is-invalid" id="floatingInputInvalid" placeholder="name@example.com" value="test@example.com">
  <label for="floatingInputInvalid">Invalid input</label>
</form>

Textareas

By default, <textarea>s with .form-control will be the same height as <input>s.

html 
<div class="form-floating">
  <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Leave a comment here" id="floatingTextarea"></textarea>
  <label for="floatingTextarea">Comments</label>
</div>

To set a custom height on your <textarea>, do not use the rows attribute. Instead, set an explicit height (either inline or via custom CSS).

html 
<div class="form-floating">
  <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Leave a comment here" id="floatingTextarea2" style="height: 100px"></textarea>
  <label for="floatingTextarea2">Comments</label>
</div>

Selects

Other than .form-control, floating labels are only available on .form-selects. They work in the same way, but unlike <input>s, they’ll always show the <label> in its floated state. Selects with size and multiple are not supported.

html 
<div class="form-floating">
  <select class="form-select" id="floatingSelect" aria-label="Floating label select example">
    <option selected>Open this select menu</option>
    <option value="1">One</option>
    <option value="2">Two</option>
    <option value="3">Three</option>
  </select>
  <label for="floatingSelect">Works with selects</label>
</div>

Disabled

Add the disabled boolean attribute on an input, a textarea or a select to give it a grayed out appearance, remove pointer events, and prevent focusing.

html 
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
  <input type="email" class="form-control" id="floatingInputDisabled" placeholder="name@example.com" disabled>
  <label for="floatingInputDisabled">Email address</label>
</div>
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
  <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Leave a comment here" id="floatingTextareaDisabled" disabled></textarea>
  <label for="floatingTextareaDisabled">Comments</label>
</div>
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
  <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Leave a comment here" id="floatingTextarea2Disabled" style="height: 100px" disabled>Disabled textarea with some text inside</textarea>
  <label for="floatingTextarea2Disabled">Comments</label>
</div>
<div class="form-floating">
  <select class="form-select" id="floatingSelectDisabled" aria-label="Floating label disabled select example" disabled>
    <option selected>Open this select menu</option>
    <option value="1">One</option>
    <option value="2">Two</option>
    <option value="3">Three</option>
  </select>
  <label for="floatingSelectDisabled">Works with selects</label>
</div>

Readonly plaintext

Floating labels also support .form-control-plaintext, which can be helpful for toggling from an editable <input> to a plaintext value without affecting the page layout.

html 
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
  <input type="email" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" id="floatingEmptyPlaintextInput" placeholder="name@example.com">
  <label for="floatingEmptyPlaintextInput">Empty input</label>
</div>
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
  <input type="email" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" id="floatingPlaintextInput" placeholder="name@example.com" value="name@example.com">
  <label for="floatingPlaintextInput">Input with value</label>
</div>

Layout

When working with the CoreUI for Bootstrap grid system, be sure to place form elements within column classes.

html 
<div class="row g-2">
  <div class="col-md">
    <div class="form-floating">
      <input type="email" class="form-control" id="floatingInputGrid" placeholder="name@example.com" value="mdo@example.com">
      <label for="floatingInputGrid">Email address</label>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="col-md">
    <div class="form-floating">
      <select class="form-select" id="floatingSelectGrid">
        <option selected>Open this select menu</option>
        <option value="1">One</option>
        <option value="2">Two</option>
        <option value="3">Three</option>
      </select>
      <label for="floatingSelectGrid">Works with selects</label>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Customizing

SASS variables

scss/_variables.scss
$form-floating-height:                  add(3.5rem, $input-height-border);
$form-floating-line-height:             1.25;
$form-floating-padding-x:               $input-padding-x;
$form-floating-padding-y:               1rem;
$form-floating-input-padding-t:         1.625rem;
$form-floating-input-padding-b:         .625rem;
$form-floating-label-height:            1.5em;
$form-floating-label-opacity:           .65;
$form-floating-label-transform:         scale(.85) translateY(-.5rem) translateX(.15rem);
$form-floating-label-disabled-color:    $gray-600;
$form-floating-transition:              opacity .1s ease-in-out, transform .1s ease-in-out;