bootstrap-theme/site/content/docs/5.0/forms/form-control.md

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layout: docs title: Form controls description: Give textual form controls like <input>s and <textarea>s an upgrade with custom styles, sizing, focus states, and more. group: forms

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Example

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Email address

Example textarea

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Sizing

Set heights using classes like .form-control-lg and .form-control-sm.

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Disabled

Add the disabled boolean attribute on an input to give it a grayed out appearance and remove pointer events.

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Readonly

Add the readonly boolean attribute on an input to prevent modification of the input's value.

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Readonly plain text

If you want to have <input readonly> elements in your form styled as plain text, use the .form-control-plaintext class to remove the default form field styling and preserve the correct margin and padding.

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<label for="staticEmail" class="col-sm-2 col-form-label">Email</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
  <input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" id="staticEmail" value="email@example.com">
</div>

<label for="inputPassword" class="col-sm-2 col-form-label">Password</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
  <input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword">
</div>

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<label for="staticEmail2" class="visually-hidden">Email</label>
<input type="text" readonly class="form-control-plaintext" id="staticEmail2" value="email@example.com">

<label for="inputPassword2" class="visually-hidden">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword2" placeholder="Password">

<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-3">Confirm identity</button>

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File input

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Default file input example

Multiple files input example

Disabled file input example

Small file input example

Large file input example

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Color

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Datalists

Datalists allow you to create a group of <option>s that can be accessed (and autocompleted) from within an <input>. These are similar to <select> elements, but come with more menu styling limitations and differences. While most browsers and operating systems include some support for <datalist> elements, their styling is inconsistent at best.

Learn more about support for datalist elements.

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Sass

Variables

$input-* are shared across most of our form controls (and not buttons).

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$form-label-* and $form-text-* are for our <label>s and .form-text component.

{{< scss-docs name="form-label-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}

{{< scss-docs name="form-text-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}

$form-file-* are for file input.

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