Examples and usage guidelines for form control styles, layout options, and custom components for creating a wide variety of forms.
<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>
Block-level or inline-level form text can be created using .form-text
.
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>
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.
Browsers 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 custom button-like elements such as <a class="btn btn-*">...</a>
,
these will only be given a style of pointer-events: none
, meaning they are still
focusable
and operable using the keyboard. In this case, you must manually modify these controls by adding
tabindex="-1"
to prevent them from receiving focus and aria-disabled="disabled"
to signal their state
to
assistive technologies.
<form>
<fieldset disabled>
<legend>Disabled fieldset example</legend>
<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>