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Form controls

Give textual form controls like <input>s and <textarea>s an upgrade with custom styles, sizing, focus states, and more.

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Example

Email address

Example textarea

<div class="mb-3">
  <label for="exampleFormControlInput1" class="form-label">Email address</label>
  <input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleFormControlInput1" placeholder="name@example.com">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
  <label for="exampleFormControlTextarea1" class="form-label">Example textarea</label>
  <textarea class="form-control" id="exampleFormControlTextarea1" rows="3"></textarea>
</div>

Sizing

Set heights using classes like .form-control-lg.

<input class="form-control form-control-lg" type="text" placeholder=".form-control-lg" aria-label=".form-control-lg example">
<input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Default input" aria-label="default input example">

Disabled

Add the disabled boolean attribute on an input to give it a grayed out appearance and remove pointer events.

<input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Disabled input" aria-label="Disabled input example" disabled>
<input class="form-control" type="text" value="Disabled readonly input" aria-label="Disabled input example" disabled readonly>

Readonly

Add the readonly boolean attribute on an input to prevent modification of the input’s value.

<input class="form-control" type="text" value="Readonly input here..." aria-label="readonly input example" readonly>

Readonly plain text

If you want to have <input readonly> elements in your form styled as plain text, use the .form-control-plaintext class to remove the default form field styling and preserve the correct margin and padding.

Password

  <div class="mb-3 row">
    <label for="staticEmail" class="col-sm-2 col-form-label">Email</label>
    <div class="col-sm-10">
      <input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" id="staticEmail" value="email@example.com">
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="mb-3 row">
    <label for="inputPassword" class="col-sm-2 col-form-label">Password</label>
    <div class="col-sm-10">
      <input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword">
    </div>
  </div>

<form class="row g-3">
  <div class="col-auto">
    <label for="staticEmail2" class="visually-hidden">Email</label>
    <input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" id="staticEmail2" value="email@example.com">
  </div>
  <div class="col-auto">
    <label for="inputPassword2" class="visually-hidden">Password</label>
    <input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword2" placeholder="Password">
  </div>
  <div class="col-auto">
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-3">Confirm identity</button>
  </div>
</form>

File input

Default file input example

Multiple files input example

Disabled file input example

Large file input example

<div class="mb-3">
  <label for="formFile" class="form-label">Default file input example</label>
  <input class="form-control" type="file" id="formFile">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
  <label for="formFileMultiple" class="form-label">Multiple files input example</label>
  <input class="form-control" type="file" id="formFileMultiple" multiple>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
  <label for="formFileDisabled" class="form-label">Disabled file input example</label>
  <input class="form-control" type="file" id="formFileDisabled" disabled>
</div>
<div>
  <label for="formFileLg" class="form-label">Large file input example</label>
  <input class="form-control form-control-lg" id="formFileLg" type="file">
</div>

Color

Color picker

<label for="exampleColorInput" class="form-label">Color picker</label>
<input type="color" class="form-control form-control-color" id="exampleColorInput" value="#563d7c" title="Choose your color">

Datalists

Datalists allow you to create a group of <option>s that can be accessed (and autocompleted) from within an <input>. These are similar to <select> elements, but come with more menu styling limitations and differences. While most browsers and operating systems include some support for <datalist> elements, their styling is inconsistent at best.

Learn more about support for datalist elements.

Datalist example

<label for="exampleDataList" class="form-label">Datalist example</label>
<input class="form-control" list="datalistOptions" id="exampleDataList" placeholder="Type to search...">
<datalist id="datalistOptions">
  <option value="San Francisco">
  <option value="New York">
  <option value="Seattle">
  <option value="Los Angeles">
  <option value="Chicago">
</datalist>

Sass

Variables

$input-* are shared across most of our form controls (and not buttons).

$input-padding-y:                       $input-btn-padding-y;
$input-padding-x:                       $spacer * .5;
$input-font-family:                     $input-btn-font-family;
$input-font-size:                       $input-btn-font-size;
$input-font-weight:                     $font-weight-bold;
$input-line-height:                     $input-btn-line-height;

// Boosted mod: no input-sm

$input-padding-y-lg:                    $input-btn-padding-y-lg;
$input-padding-x-lg:                    $input-btn-padding-x-lg;
$input-font-size-lg:                    $input-btn-font-size-lg;

$input-bg:                              $body-bg;
$input-disabled-bg:                     $gray-300;
$input-disabled-color:                  $gray-700; // Boosted mod
$input-disabled-border-color:           null;

$input-color:                           $body-color;
$input-border-color:                    $gray-500;
$input-border-width:                    $input-btn-border-width;
$input-box-shadow:                      $box-shadow-inset;

$input-border-radius:                   $border-radius;
// Boosted mod: no input-sm
$input-border-radius-lg:                $border-radius-lg;

$input-focus-bg:                        $input-bg;
$input-focus-border-color:              currentColor;
$input-focus-color:                     $input-color;
$input-focus-width:                     $input-btn-focus-width;
$input-focus-box-shadow:                $input-btn-focus-box-shadow;

$input-placeholder-color:               $gray-700;
$input-plaintext-color:                 $body-color;

// Boosted mod: no $input-height-inner-*

$input-height:                          2.5rem;
// Boosted mod: no input-sm
$input-height-lg:                       3.125rem;
$input-line-height-lg:                  $h5-line-height; // Boosted mod

$input-transition:                      border-color $transition-duration $transition-timing, $transition-focus;

$form-color-width:                      3rem;

$form-label-* and $form-text-* are for our <label>s and .form-text component.

$form-label-margin-bottom:              .375rem;
$form-label-font-size:                  null;
$form-label-font-style:                 null;
$form-label-font-weight:                $font-weight-bold;
$form-label-color:                      null;
$form-label-disabled-color:             $gray-500; // Boosted mod

$form-text-margin-top:                  .25rem;
$form-text-font-size:                   null;
$form-text-font-style:                  null;
$form-text-font-weight:                 null;
$form-text-color:                       null;

$form-file-* are for file input.

$form-file-button-color:          $input-color;
$form-file-button-bg:             $white;
$form-file-button-hover-bg:       shade-color($form-file-button-bg, 5%);