Using focus-within to style input groups
Input groups, popularlized by Bootstrap, is a pattern that includes an input with a label and/or a button element.
<div class="input-group">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<label for="name">Name</label>
</div>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
</div><div class="input-group">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<label for="name">Name</label>
</div>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
</div>We wrap the elements in a div with a class of input-group. We will use this element to provide our focus styles. We also wrap our label in an element with a class of input-group-prepend which allows us to add a border to the right of the label. We could also have a input-group-append class which would add a border to the left of the label.
Now that we have our markup structure in place, we can start to apply our styling to the elements.
.input-group {
display: inline-flex;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
input {
padding: 1rem;
border: 0;
font: inherit;
// Since we are providing an alternative focus
// style, it is safe to remove the focus styling
// from the input itself
&:focus {
outline: none;
}
}
label {
padding: 1rem;
}
}.input-group {
display: inline-flex;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
input {
padding: 1rem;
border: 0;
font: inherit;
// Since we are providing an alternative focus
// style, it is safe to remove the focus styling
// from the input itself
&:focus {
outline: none;
}
}
label {
padding: 1rem;
}
}Now we can now watch for focus within our input group and adjust our border color and apply a box-shadow.
.input-group {
&:focus-within {
border-color: #05f;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.25rem rgba(13, 110, 253, 0.25);
}
}.input-group {
&:focus-within {
border-color: #05f;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.25rem rgba(13, 110, 253, 0.25);
}
}