Today I would like to show you a few examples of input fields selected from the Flowbite library and how you can work with them if you have a Tailwind CSS project.
Flowbite is the most popular component library built on top of the utility classes from Tailwind CSS including interactive elements such as dropdowns, modals, navbars, datepickers, and more.
Tailwind CSS is the most popular utility-first CSS framework that helps you develop faster and helps you by not having to remember new classes every time you create a new project and it also purges all the unused CSS.
Without further ado, let's get started!
Tailwind CSS Input Fields - Flowbite
The input fields are elements that usually receive a text input from the users and you can choose what type they can be, such as text, email, phone number, password, and more.
In this first example I'll show you a list of input fields already styled with Tailwind CSS classes that you can use for different types of input fields:
<form>
<div class="grid gap-6 mb-6 lg:grid-cols-2">
<div>
<label for="first_name" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">First name</label>
<input type="text" id="first_name" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="John" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="last_name" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Last name</label>
<input type="text" id="last_name" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="Doe" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="company" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Company</label>
<input type="text" id="company" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="Flowbite" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="phone" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Phone number</label>
<input type="tel" id="phone" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="123-45-678" pattern="[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{3}" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="website" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Website URL</label>
<input type="url" id="website" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="flowbite.com" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="visitors" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Unique visitors (per month)</label>
<input type="number" id="visitors" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-6">
<label for="email" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Email address</label>
<input type="email" id="email" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="john.doe@company.com" required>
</div>
<div class="mb-6">
<label for="password" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Password</label>
<input type="password" id="password" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="•••••••••" required>
</div>
<div class="mb-6">
<label for="confirm_password" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Confirm password</label>
<input type="password" id="confirm_password" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="•••••••••" required>
</div>
<div class="flex items-start mb-6">
<div class="flex items-center h-5">
<input id="remember" type="checkbox" value="" class="w-4 h-4 border border-gray-300 rounded bg-gray-50 focus:ring-3 focus:ring-blue-300 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800" required>
</div>
<label for="remember" class="ml-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400">I agree with the <a href="#" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-blue-500">terms and conditions</a>.</label>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="text-white bg-blue-700 hover:bg-blue-800 focus:ring-4 focus:outline-none focus:ring-blue-300 font-medium rounded-lg text-sm w-full sm:w-auto px-5 py-2.5 text-center dark:bg-blue-600 dark:hover:bg-blue-700 dark:focus:ring-blue-800">Submit</button>
</form>
The input field elements have been aligned using the grid CSS styles and utility classes.
Input field sizes
You can use the following example to check out different sizes from small to large for the input fields:
<div class="mb-6">
<label for="large-input" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Large input</label>
<input type="text" id="large-input" class="block w-full p-4 text-gray-900 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg bg-gray-50 sm:text-md focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500">
</div>
<div class="mb-6">
<label for="default-input" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Default input</label>
<input type="text" id="default-input" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500">
</div>
<div>
<label for="small-input" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Small input</label>
<input type="text" id="small-input" class="block w-full p-2 text-gray-900 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg bg-gray-50 sm:text-xs focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500">
</div>
Helper text
Sometimes you may need to add a secondary text to the label of the input field so you can use the following example to do that:
<label for="helper-text" class="block mb-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300">Your email</label>
<input type="email" id="helper-text" aria-describedby="helper-text-explanation" class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500" placeholder="name@flowbite.com">
<p id="helper-text-explanation" class="mt-2 text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">We’ll never share your details. Read our <a href="#" class="font-medium text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-blue-500">Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
Advanced input fields
These examples above are just a few of all of the Tailwind CSS Input Fields from Flowbite and you can check out the documentation to view more examples and styles.
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