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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, use the Font Awesome. For adding the font awesome icons on a web page, include the CDN −
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
Place Icons Inside an Input Element
We have used the Font Awesome icons here for Username, Email and password −
<i class="fa fa-user icon"> </i> <input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Username" /> <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>
Icon for the Username
For the Username, the following icon is included −
<i class="fa fa-user icon"> </i>
Icon for the Email-id
For the Email-id, the following icon is included −
<i class="fa fa-envelope icon"> </i>
Icon for the Password
For the Password, the following icon is included −
<i class="fa fa-key icon"> </i>
Example
Let us see the example to put icon inside an input element −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.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>
Updated on: 31-Oct-2023
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