CSS to put icon inside an input element in a form



To show how to put an icon inside an input element in a form using CSS, the code is as follows −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link
rel="stylesheet"
href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/fontawesome.
min.css"
/>
<style>
body {
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
form {
   max-width: 450px;
   margin: auto;
}
.inputContainer i {
   position: absolute;
}
.inputContainer {
   width: 100%;
   margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.icon {
   padding: 15px;
   color: rgb(49, 0, 128);
   width: 70px;
   text-align: left;
}
.Field {
   width: 100%;
   padding: 10px;
   text-align: center;
   font-size: 20px;
   font-weight: 500;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">Icons inside input element example</h1>
<form>
<div class="inputContainer">
<i class="fa fa-user icon"> </i>
<input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Username" />
</div>
<div class="inputContainer">
<i class="fa fa-envelope icon"> </i>
<input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Email" />
</div>
<div class="inputContainer">
<i class="fa fa-key icon"> </i>
<input class="Field" type="password" placeholder="Password" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

The above code will produce the following output −


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