Bootstrap Input Group allows you to extend and group Bootstrap forms. Learn how to easily extend form controls by adding text, buttons, or button groups.
On this page:Put one add-on or button on both side of an input. You can place one on both sides of an input.
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="basiaddon1">@</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" aria-label="Username" aria-describedby="basiaddon1">
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username" aria-describedby="basiaddon2">
<div class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text" id="basiaddon2">@example.com</span>
</div>
</div>
<label for="basiurl">Your vanity URL</label>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="basiaddon3">https://example.com/users/</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="basiurl" aria-describedby="basiaddon3">
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text">$</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)">
<div class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">.00</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text">With textarea</span>
</div>
<textarea class="form-control" aria-label="With textarea"></textarea>
</div>
Input groups wrap by default via flex-wrap: wrap
in order to accommodate custom form field validation within an input group. You may disable this with .flex-nowrap
.
<div class="input-group flex-nowrap">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="addon-wrapping">@</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" aria-label="Username" aria-describedby="addon-wrapping">
</div>
You can append the relative form sizing classes to the .input-group
itself and contents within will automatically resize.
Sizing on the individual input group elements isn’t supported.
<div class="input-group input-group-sm mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-sm">Small</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-sm">
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-default">Default</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-default">
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-lg">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-lg">Large</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-lg">
</div>
Put a checkbox or radio option within an input group’s addon instead of text.
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<div class="input-group-text">
<input type="checkbox" aria-label="Checkbox for following text input">
</div>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with checkbox">
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<div class="input-group-text">
<input type="radio" aria-label="Radio button for following text input">
</div>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with radio button">
</div>
While many <input>
s are supported visually, validation styles are only available for input groups with a single <input>
.
<div class="input-group">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text">First and last name</span>
</div>
<input type="text" aria-label="First name" class="form-control">
<input type="text" aria-label="Last name" class="form-control">
</div>
Multiple add-ons are maintained and can be mixed with checkbox and radio input versions.
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text">$</span>
<span class="input-group-text">0.00</span>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)">
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)">
<div class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">$</span>
<span class="input-group-text">0.00</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="button-addon1">Button</button>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="" aria-label="Example text with button addon" aria-describedby="button-addon1">
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username" aria-describedby="button-addon2">
<div class="input-group-append">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="button-addon2">Button</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend" id="button-addon3">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Button</button>
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Button</button>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="" aria-label="Example text with two button addons" aria-describedby="button-addon3">
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username with two button addons" aria-describedby="button-addon4">
<div class="input-group-append" id="button-addon4">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Button</button>
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Button</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">One more item</a>
<div role="separator" class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button">
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button">
<div class="input-group-append">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">One more item</a>
<div role="separator" class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">Action</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">One more item</a>
<div role="separator" class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with segmented dropdown button">
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with segmented dropdown button">
<div class="input-group-append">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">Action</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle Dropdown</span>
</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another item</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">One more item</a>
<div role="separator" class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Input groups add support for custom selects and custom file inputs. Please note thata browser default versions of these are not maintained.
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="inputGroupSelect01">Options</label>
</div>
<select class="custom-select" id="inputGroupSelect01">
<option selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<select class="custom-select" id="inputGroupSelect02">
<option selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
<div class="input-group-append">
<label class="input-group-text" for="inputGroupSelect02">Options</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Button</button>
</div>
<select class="custom-select" id="inputGroupSelect03" aria-label="Example select with button addon">
<option selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<select class="custom-select" id="inputGroupSelect04" aria-label="Example select with button addon">
<option selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
<div class="input-group-append">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Button</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroupFileAddon01">Upload</span>
</div>
<div class="custom-file">
<input type="file" class="custom-file-input" id="inputGroupFile01" aria-describedby="inputGroupFileAddon01">
<label class="custom-file-label" for="inputGroupFile01">Choose file</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="custom-file">
<input type="file" class="custom-file-input" id="inputGroupFile02">
<label class="custom-file-label" for="inputGroupFile02" aria-describedby="inputGroupFileAddon02">Choose file</label>
</div>
<div class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroupFileAddon02">Upload</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group mb-3">
<div class="input-group-prepend">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="inputGroupFileAddon03">Button</button>
</div>
<div class="custom-file">
<input type="file" class="custom-file-input" id="inputGroupFile03" aria-describedby="inputGroupFileAddon03">
<label class="custom-file-label" for="inputGroupFile03">Choose file</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<div class="custom-file">
<input type="file" class="custom-file-input" id="inputGroupFile04" aria-describedby="inputGroupFileAddon04">
<label class="custom-file-label" for="inputGroupFile04">Choose file</label>
</div>
<div class="input-group-append">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="inputGroupFileAddon04">Button</button>
</div>
</div>
Screen readers will have problems with your forms if you don’t add a label for each input. For those input groups, ensure that any extra label or functionality is communicated to assistive technologies.
The correct technique to be used (<label>
elements hidden using the .sr-only
class, or use of the aria-label
and aria-labelledby
attributes, possibly in combination with aria-describedby
) and what data will need to be communicated will vary depending on the specific type of interface widget you’re performing.