Form controls

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

Example

Email address

Example textarea

HTML

<div class="form-check">
    <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="flexCheckDisabled" disabled>
    <label class="form-check-label" for="flexCheckDisabled">
        Disabled checkbox
    </label>
    </div>
    <div class="form-check">
    <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="flexCheckCheckedDisabled" checked disabled>
    <label class="form-check-label" for="flexCheckCheckedDisabled">
        Disabled checked checkbox
    </label>
</div>

Sizing

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

Disabled

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

HTML

<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.

HTML

<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

HTML

<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>

HTML

<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

Small file input example

Large file input example

HTML

<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 class="mb-3">
    <label for="formFileSm" class="form-label">Small file input example</label>
    <input class="form-control form-control-sm" id="formFileSm" type="file">
    </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

HTML

<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

HTML

<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>