Forms Overview
Examples and usage guidelines for form control styles, layout options, and custom components for creating a wide variety of forms.
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Bootstrap’s form controls expand on our Rebooted form styles with classes. Use these classes to opt into their customized displays for a more consistent rendering across browsers and devices.
Be sure to use an appropriate type attribute on all inputs (e.g., email for email address or number for numerical information) to take advantage of newer input controls like email verification, number selection, and more.
Here’s a quick example to demonstrate Bootstrap’s form styles. Keep reading for documentation on required classes, form layout, and more.
<form>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="form-label">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail1" aria-describedby="emailHelp">
<div id="emailHelp" class="form-text">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword1">
</div>
<div class="mb-3 form-check">
<input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="exampleCheck1">
<label class="form-check-label" for="exampleCheck1">Check me out</label>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>Form text
Block-level or inline-level form text can be created using .form-text.
Associating form text with form controls
Form text should be explicitly associated with the form control it relates to using the aria-describedby attribute. This will ensure that assistive technologies—such as screen readers—will announce this form text when the user focuses or enters the control.
Form text below inputs can be styled with .form-text. If a block-level element will be used, a top margin is added for easy spacing from the inputs above.
<label for="inputPassword5" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input type="password" id="inputPassword5" class="form-control" aria-describedby="passwordHelpBlock">
<div id="passwordHelpBlock" class="form-text">
Your password must be 8-20 characters long, contain letters and numbers, and must not contain spaces, special characters, or emoji.
</div>Inline text can use any typical inline HTML element (be it a <span>, <small>, or something else) with nothing more than the .form-text class.
<div class="row g-3 align-items-center">
<div class="col-auto">
<label for="inputPassword6" class="col-form-label">Password</label>
</div>
<div class="col-auto">
<input type="password" id="inputPassword6" class="form-control" aria-describedby="passwordHelpInline">
</div>
<div class="col-auto">
<span id="passwordHelpInline" class="form-text">
Must be 8-20 characters long.
</span>
</div>
</div>Disabled forms
Add the disabled boolean attribute on an input to prevent user interactions and make it appear lighter.
<input class="form-control" id="disabledInput" type="text" placeholder="Disabled input here..." disabled>Add the disabled attribute to a <fieldset> to disable all the controls within.
By default, browsers will treat all native form controls (<input>, <select>, and <button> elements) inside a <fieldset disabled> as disabled, preventing both keyboard and mouse interactions on them. However, if your form also includes <a ... class="btn btn-*"> elements, these will only be given a style of pointer-events: none.
<form>
<fieldset disabled aria-label="Disabled fieldset example">
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="disabledTextInput" class="form-label">Disabled input</label>
<input type="text" id="disabledTextInput" class="form-control" placeholder="Disabled input">
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="disabledSelect" class="form-label">Disabled select menu</label>
<select id="disabledSelect" class="form-select">
<option>Disabled select</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="disabledFieldsetCheck" disabled>
<label class="form-check-label" for="disabledFieldsetCheck">
Can't check this
</label>
</div>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</fieldset>
</form>Form styles
Enhanced form styling
Torus Kit enhances a standard Bootstrap forms by adding a couple of styles like transparent inputs or dark form. Inputs uses background-clip: padding-box
which makes them nicely blend into background color. We’ve added a new shadow into :focus state of input fields, and added checks animation that can be disabled by setting $form-check-input-animation
variable to false.
Dark form
When dealing with the dark form, add .form-dark class into the <form> element to convert text color to light one, and make it more readable.
<form class="form-dark">
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmailDark" class="form-label">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmailDark" aria-describedby="emailHelpDark">
<div id="emailHelpDark" class="form-text">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPasswordDark" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPasswordDark">
</div>
<div class="mb-3 form-check">
<input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="exampleCheckDark">
<label class="form-check-label" for="exampleCheckDark">Check me out</label>
</div>
<select class="form-select mb-3" aria-label="Default 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>
<div class="mb-3">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="flexRadioDefault" id="flexRadioDefaultDark1">
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexRadioDefaultDark1">
Default radio
</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="flexRadioDefault" id="flexRadioDefaultDark2" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexRadioDefaultDark2">
Default checked radio
</label>
</div>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>Transparent inputs
Add .inputs-transparent class to the parent <form> to make the inputs transparent.
<form class="inputs-transparent">
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmailTransparent" class="form-label">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmailTransparent" aria-describedby="emailHelpTransparent">
<div id="emailHelpTransparent" class="form-text">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPasswordTransparent" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPasswordTransparent">
</div>
<div class="mb-3 form-check">
<input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="exampleCheckTransparent">
<label class="form-check-label" for="exampleCheckTransparent">Check me out</label>
</div>
<select class="form-select mb-3" aria-label="Default 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>
<div class="mb-3">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="flexRadioDefault" id="flexRadioDefaultTransparent1">
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexRadioDefaultTransparent1">
Default radio
</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="flexRadioDefault" id="flexRadioDefaultTransparent2" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexRadioDefaultTransparent2">
Default checked radio
</label>
</div>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>Transparent inputs dark form
You can also combine a .inputs-transparent with .form-dark class.
<form class="form-dark inputs-transparent">
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputEmailTransparentDark" class="form-label">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmailTransparentDark" aria-describedby="emailHelpTransparentDark">
<div id="emailHelpTransparentDark" class="form-text">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</div>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleInputPasswordTransparentDark" class="form-label">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPasswordTransparentDark">
</div>
<div class="mb-3 form-check">
<input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="exampleCheckTransparentDark">
<label class="form-check-label" for="exampleCheckTransparentDark">Check me out</label>
</div>
<select class="form-select mb-3" aria-label="Default 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>
<div class="mb-3">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="flexRadioDefault" id="flexRadioDefaultTransparentDark1">
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexRadioDefaultTransparentDark1">
Default radio
</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="flexRadioDefault" id="flexRadioDefaultTransparentDark2" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexRadioDefaultTransparentDark2">
Default checked radio
</label>
</div>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>