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akif
akif

Reputation: 12334

Put icon inside input element in a form

How do I put an icon inside a form's input element?

Screenshot of a web form with three inputs which have icons in them

Live version at: Tidal Force theme

Upvotes: 388

Views: 1098479

Answers (22)

Majid Savalanpour
Majid Savalanpour

Reputation: 1823

A solution:

.icon {
  padding-left: 25px;
  background: url("https://static.thenounproject.com/png/101791-200.png") no-repeat left;
  background-size: 20px;
}
<input type="text" class="icon" value placeholder="Search">

Or for right to left icon

.icon-rtl {
  padding-right: 25px;
  background: url("https://static.thenounproject.com/png/101791-200.png") no-repeat right;
  background-size: 20px;
}
<input type="text" class="icon-rtl" value placeholder="Search">

Upvotes: 83

Gxzzin
Gxzzin

Reputation: 129

This works for me:

input.valid {
   border-color: #28a745;
   padding-right: 30px;
   background-image: url('https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2-0-tdMgUcj4LMrtAfUkfQfYhAXgBqn2OjjYgjVUJoMQOy99BjIbzqEYyd0x32xpBDEY&usqp=CAU');
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   background-size: 20px 20px;
   background-position: right center;
}
<form>
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input class="valid" type="text" name="name" />
</form>

Upvotes: 9

just-Luka
just-Luka

Reputation: 407

In case, if you have <i class=''></i> with imported fonts, background: ... (some png) implementation will not be suited for you.

So try this one:

<div class="parent">
   <form action='' method='post'>
      <i class="fa-solid fa-paperclip"></i>
      <input type="text" name="message" placeholder="Type...">            
   </form>
</div>

.parent > form > i {
   position: absolute;
}

.parent > form > input {
   text-indent: 40px
}

then, use margin to set Icon inside and text-indent to move placeholder's text.

...

...

Here is full example of my code

.parent {
   width: 100%;
   height: 70px;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   justify-content: center;
}

.parent > form > i {
    margin-left: 24px;
    margin-top: 13px;
    position: absolute;
}

.parent > form > input {
    width: 70%;
    height: 40px;
    margin-left: 8px;
    text-indent: 40px;
}

Upvotes: 0

dchang
dchang

Reputation: 1141

The CSS background solutions do it for most cases, but it has a problem with WebKit (chrome) autocomplete where the icon disappear.

There are other solutions that includes changing the HTML/DOM structure by wrapping the input in a div and adding an extra element (img, div, or similar).

I don't like does solutions because you need to tweak the elements CSS with absolute positions and/or resizing by pixel to get the right place. Or recreate the input border to "merge" input and img in one.

So this solution is based on a CSS background image not applied over the input element, but applied over a wrapper div.

HTML:

<div class="input-email">
    <input type="text" placeholder="Email" name="email" id="email">
</div>

CSS:

.input-email {
    background: url(/assets/images/email.svg) no-repeat scroll 14px 11px;
    display: inline-block;
}

.input-email input{
    padding-left: 40px;
    background-color: transparent !important;
}

input:-webkit-autofill, input:-webkit-autofill:hover,
input:-webkit-autofill:focus, input:-webkit-autofill:active {
    transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0s;
}
  1. This way with .input-email class I define my icon image as div background (not affected by WebKit autocomplete background).
  2. Next .input-email input definition I pad left the input element to give space for the image and set it as transparent (this works when autocomplete is not applied)
  3. Finally with webkit-autofill classes I remove with transition the background-color set by the autocomplete.

Note: at point 2 I set transparent !important because this -internal-autofill-selected gets rendered at browser and I couldn't overwrite it without setting my also as !important:

input:-internal-autofill-selected {
    background-color: -internal-light-dark(rgb(232, 240, 254), rgba(70, 90, 126, 0.4)) !important;
}

I got my solution from this post https://www.py4u.net/discuss/1069380. I have make some tweaks, though major credits are to them.

Upvotes: 0

Visal
Visal

Reputation: 477

You could go for a different approach which also allows you to click it and have it do a function. Have a look at the example below:

<div id="search-bar">
  <input placeholder="Search or Type a URL">
  <button><i class="fas fa-search"></i></button>
</div>

#search-bar {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  margin: auto;
  height: 60px;
}
#search-bar > input {
  width: 750px;
  font-size: 30px;
  padding: 20px;
  border-radius: 50px 0px 0 50px;
  border: none;
  border-top: 1px solid #000;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
  border-left: 1px solid #000;
  background: #FFF; /* CSS Edit Here */
}
#search-bar > button {
  background: #FFF;
  border: none;
  font-size: 30px;
  border-right: 1px solid #000;
  border-top: 1px solid #000;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
  border-radius: 0 50px 50px 0 ;
  padding-right: 20px;
}

Upvotes: 0

Jack
Jack

Reputation: 658

I achieved this with the code below.

First, you flex the container which makes the input and the icon be on the same line. Aligning items makes them be on the same level.

Then, make the input take up 100% of the width regardless. Give the icon absolute positioning which allows it to overlap with the input.

Then add right padding to the input so the text typed in doesn't get to the icon. And finally use the right CSS property to give the icon some space from the edge of the input.

Note: The Icon tag could be a real icon if you are working with ReactJs or a placeholder for any other way you work with icons in your project.

.inputContainer {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
}

.input {
  width: 100%;
  padding-right: 40px;
}

.inputIcon {
  position: absolute;
  right: 10px;
}
<div class="inputContainer">
   <input class="input" />
   <Icon class="inputIcon" />
 </div>

Upvotes: 9

Tawfik Nasser
Tawfik Nasser

Reputation: 1124

I didn't want to change the background of my input text neither. It will work with my SVG icon.

I added a negative margin to the icon, so it appeared inside the input box.

And adding the same value padding to the input, so the text wouldn't go under the icon.

<div class="search-input-container">

  <input
    type="text"
    class="search-input"
    style="padding-right : 30px;"
  />

  <img
    src="@/assets/search-icon.svg"
    style="margin-left: -30px;"
   />

</div>

The inline-style is for readability. Consider using classes.

Upvotes: 1

Ryan Forte
Ryan Forte

Reputation: 589

A simple and easy way to position an icon inside of an input is to use the position CSS property as shown in the code below. Note: I have simplified the code for clarity purposes.

  1. Create the container surrounding the input and icon.
  2. Set the container position as relative
  3. Set the icon as position absolute. This will position the icon relative to the surrounding container.
  4. Use either top, left, bottom, right to position the icon in the container.
  5. Set the padding inside the input so the text does not overlap the icon.

#input-container {
  position: relative;
}

#input-container > img {
  position: absolute;
  top: 12px;
  left: 15px;
}

#input-container > input {
  padding-left: 40px;
}
<div id="input-container">
  <img/>
  <input/>
</div>

Upvotes: 28

csandreas1
csandreas1

Reputation: 2378

Use this CSS class for your input at the start, and then customize accordingly:

.inp-icon {
    background: url(https://i.imgur.com/kSROoEB.png)no-repeat 100%;
    background-size: 16px;
}
<input class="inp-icon" type="text">

Upvotes: 8

Hasan
Hasan

Reputation: 355

You can try this: Bootstrap-4 Beta

https://www.codeply.com/go/W25zyByhec

<div class="container">
    <form>
        <div class="row">
            <div class="input-group mb-3 col-sm-6">
                <input type="text" class="form-control border-right-0" placeholder="Username" aria-label="Username" aria-describedby="basic-addon1">
                <div class="input-group-prepend bg-white">
                    <span class="input-group-text border-left-0 rounded-right bg-white" id="basic-addon1"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></span>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</div>

Upvotes: 6

fantja
fantja

Reputation: 91

I had situation like this. It didn't work because of background: #ebebeb;. I wanted to put background on the input field and that property was constantly showing up on the top of the background image, and i couldn't see the image! So, I moved the background property to be above the background-image property and it worked.

input[type='text'] {
    border: 0;
    background-image: url('../img/search.png');
    background-position: 9px 20px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 14px;
    background: #ebebeb;
}

Solution for my case was:

input[type='text'] {
    border: 0;
    background: #ebebeb;
    background-image: url('../img/search.png');
    background-position: 9px 20px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 14px;
}

Just to mention, border, padding and text-align properties are not important for the solution. I just replicated my original code.

Upvotes: 4

Ikhlak S.
Ikhlak S.

Reputation: 9034

I find this to be the best and cleanest solution. Using text-indent on the input element:

#icon {
  background-image: url(../images/icons/dollar.png);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: 2px 3px;
}
<input id="icon" style="text-indent:17px;" type="text" placeholder="Username" />

Upvotes: 38

RCode
RCode

Reputation: 379

Use:

.icon{
    background: url(1.jpg) no-repeat;
    padding-left: 25px;
}

Add the above tags into your CSS file and use the specified class.

Upvotes: 8

harpo
harpo

Reputation: 43168

The CSS solutions posted by others are the best way to accomplish this.

If that should give you any problems (read Internet Explorer 6), you can also use a borderless input inside of a div.

<div style="border: 1px solid #DDD;">
    <img src="icon.png"/>
    <input style="border: none;"/>
</div>

It is not as "clean", but it should work on older browsers.

Upvotes: 78

Alan Haggai Alavi
Alan Haggai Alavi

Reputation: 74232

You can try this:

input[type='text'] {
    background-image: url(images/comment-author.gif);
    background-position: 7px 7px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

Upvotes: 39

Dan Walker
Dan Walker

Reputation: 7163

Just use the background property in your CSS.

<input id="foo" type="text" />

#foo
{
    background: url(/img/foo.png);
}

Upvotes: 4

Dan Lew
Dan Lew

Reputation: 87440

The site you linked uses a combination of CSS tricks to pull this off. First, it uses a background-image for the <input> element. Then, in order to push the cursor over, it uses padding-left.

In other words, they have these two CSS rules:

background: url(images/comment-author.gif) no-repeat scroll 7px 7px;
padding-left:30px;

Upvotes: 506

Iram_Tech
Iram_Tech

Reputation: 31

I was able to add an icon to an input field by adding the icon as a background image through CSS. From there, you can adjust the size of the image using the background-size property and finally, position the element with the background-position-x and background-position-y properties. I've shared a code snippet below and linked to a working example in Codepen here:

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

.input-container {
  padding: 50px;
}

input {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 250px;
  padding-left: 36px;
  height: 48px;
  background-image: url('https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/apple-icon-vector-fruit-symbol-260nw-1466147615.jpg');
  background-size: 20px;
  background-position-x: 10px;
  background-position-y: 50%;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  border-radius: 15px;
}
<!DOCTYPE>
<html>

<head>
  <title>Icon Inside Input Field</title>
</head>

<body>

  <div class="input-container">
    <label for="email"><p>Email:</p></label>
    <input type="text" name="email" id="email" placeholder="[email protected]">
  </div>

</body>

</html>

https://codepen.io/Iram_Tech/pen/GRQqrNg

Upvotes: 3

codejockie
codejockie

Reputation: 10864

.input_container {
  display: flex;
  border-bottom: solid 1px grey;
  transition: border-color 0.1s ease-in;
  background: white;
}

.input {
  color: blue;
  display: block;
  width: calc(100% - 20px);
  border: none;
  outline: none;
  padding: 8px 16px;
}

.input_img {
  flex-basis: 20px;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  cursor: pointer;
}
<div class="input_container">
  <input type="text" class="input" value>
  <span class="input_img" data-role="toggle">
    <svg
      width="24"
      height="24"
      viewBox="0 0 24 24"
      fill="none"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    >
        <path
          d="M8 9C7.44772 9 7 9.44771 7 10C7 10.5523 7.44772 11 8 11H16C16.5523 11 17 10.5523 17 10C17 9.44771 16.5523 9 16 9H8Z"
          fill="currentColor"
        />
        <path
          fill-rule="evenodd"
          clip-rule="evenodd"
          d="M6 3C4.34315 3 3 4.34315 3 6V18C3 19.6569 4.34315 21 6 21H18C19.6569 21 21 19.6569 21 18V6C21 4.34315 19.6569 3 18 3H6ZM5 18V7H19V18C19 18.5523 18.5523 19 18 19H6C5.44772 19 5 18.5523 5 18Z"
          fill="currentColor"
        />
      </svg>
    </span>
</div>

Upvotes: -1

Yan D
Yan D

Reputation: 392

This works for me for more or less standard forms:

  <button type="submit" value="Submit" name="ButtonType" id="whateveristheId" class="button-class">Submit<img src="/img/selectedImage.png" alt=""></button>

Upvotes: -5

Ali Bektash
Ali Bektash

Reputation: 631

Using with font-icon

<input name="foo" type="text" placeholder="&#61447;">

OR

<input id="foo" type="text" />

#foo::before
{
  font-family: 'FontAwesome';
  color:red;
  position: relative;
  left: -5px;
  content: "\f007";    
}

Upvotes: 1

yazabara
yazabara

Reputation: 1353

 <label for="fileEdit">
    <i class="fa fa-cloud-upload">
    </i>
    <input id="fileEdit" class="hidden" type="file" name="addImg" ng-file-change="onImageChange( $files )" ng-multiple="false" accept="{{ contentType }}"/>
  </label>

For example you can use this : label with hidden input (icon is present).

Upvotes: 2

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