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Forms

Examples of building forms with Tailwind CSS.

Tailwind doesn't include purpose-built form control classes out of the box, but form controls are easy to style using existing utilities.

Login Form

Please choose a password.

Forgot Password?

©2020 Acme Corp. All rights reserved. 

<div class="w-full max-w-xs">
  <form class="bg-white shadow-md rounded px-8 pt-6 pb-8 mb-4">
    <div class="mb-4">
      <label class="block text-grey-darker text-sm font-bold mb-2" for="username">
        Username
      </label>
      <input class="shadow appearance-none border rounded w-full py-2 px-3 text-grey-darker leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" id="username" type="text" placeholder="Username">
    </div>
    <div class="mb-6">
      <label class="block text-grey-darker text-sm font-bold mb-2" for="password">
        Password
      </label>
      <input class="shadow appearance-none border border-red rounded w-full py-2 px-3 text-grey-darker mb-3 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" id="password" type="password" placeholder="******************">
      <p class="text-red text-xs italic">Please choose a password.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center justify-between">
      <button class="bg-blue hover:bg-blue-dark text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" type="button">
        Sign In
      </button>
      <a class="inline-block align-baseline font-bold text-sm text-blue hover:text-blue-darker" href="#">
        Forgot Password?
      </a>
    </div>
  </form>
  <p class="text-center text-grey text-xs">
    ©2020 Acme Corp. All rights reserved.
  </p>
</div>

Inline Form

<form class="w-full max-w-xs">
  <div class="md:flex md:items-center mb-6">
    <div class="md:w-1/3">
      <label class="block text-grey font-bold md:text-right mb-1 md:mb-0 pr-4" for="inline-full-name">
        Full Name
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="md:w-2/3">
      <input class="bg-grey-lighter appearance-none border-2 border-grey-lighter rounded w-full py-2 px-4 text-grey-darker leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-purple" id="inline-full-name" type="text" value="Jane Doe">
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="md:flex md:items-center mb-6">
    <div class="md:w-1/3">
      <label class="block text-grey font-bold md:text-right mb-1 md:mb-0 pr-4" for="inline-username">
        Password
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="md:w-2/3">
      <input class="bg-grey-lighter appearance-none border-2 border-grey-lighter rounded w-full py-2 px-4 text-grey-darker leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-purple" id="inline-username" type="password" placeholder="******************">
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="md:flex md:items-center mb-6">
    <div class="md:w-1/3"></div>
    <label class="md:w-2/3 block text-grey font-bold">
      <input class="mr-2 leading-tight" type="checkbox">
      <span class="text-sm">
        Send me your newsletter!
      </span>
    </label>
  </div>
  <div class="md:flex md:items-center">
    <div class="md:w-1/3"></div>
    <div class="md:w-2/3">
      <button class="shadow bg-purple hover:bg-purple-light focus:shadow-outline focus:outline-none text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded" type="button">
        Sign Up
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Form Grid

Please fill out this field.

Make it as long and as crazy as you'd like

<form class="w-full max-w-md">
  <div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 mb-6">
    <div class="w-full md:w-1/2 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
      <label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-grey-darker text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-first-name">
        First Name
      </label>
      <input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-grey-lighter text-grey-darker border border-red rounded py-3 px-4 mb-3 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white" id="grid-first-name" type="text" placeholder="Jane">
      <p class="text-red text-xs italic">Please fill out this field.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="w-full md:w-1/2 px-3">
      <label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-grey-darker text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-last-name">
        Last Name
      </label>
      <input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-grey-lighter text-grey-darker border border-grey-lighter rounded py-3 px-4 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-grey" id="grid-last-name" type="text" placeholder="Doe">
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 mb-6">
    <div class="w-full px-3">
      <label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-grey-darker text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-password">
        Password
      </label>
      <input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-grey-lighter text-grey-darker border border-grey-lighter rounded py-3 px-4 mb-3 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-grey" id="grid-password" type="password" placeholder="******************">
      <p class="text-grey-dark text-xs italic">Make it as long and as crazy as you'd like</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 mb-2">
    <div class="w-full md:w-1/3 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
      <label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-grey-darker text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-city">
        City
      </label>
      <input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-grey-lighter text-grey-darker border border-grey-lighter rounded py-3 px-4 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-grey" id="grid-city" type="text" placeholder="Albuquerque">
    </div>
    <div class="w-full md:w-1/3 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
      <label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-grey-darker text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-state">
        State
      </label>
      <div class="relative">
        <select class="block appearance-none w-full bg-grey-lighter border border-grey-lighter text-grey-darker py-3 px-4 pr-8 rounded leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-grey" id="grid-state">
          <option>New Mexico</option>
          <option>Missouri</option>
          <option>Texas</option>
        </select>
        <div class="pointer-events-none absolute pin-y pin-r flex items-center px-2 text-grey-darker">
          <svg class="fill-current h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path d="M9.293 12.95l.707.707L15.657 8l-1.414-1.414L10 10.828 5.757 6.586 4.343 8z"/></svg>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="w-full md:w-1/3 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
      <label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-grey-darker text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-zip">
        Zip
      </label>
      <input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-grey-lighter text-grey-darker border border-grey-lighter rounded py-3 px-4 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-grey" id="grid-zip" type="text" placeholder="90210">
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Underline Form

<form class="w-full max-w-sm">
  <div class="flex items-center border-b border-b-2 border-teal py-2">
    <input class="appearance-none bg-transparent border-none w-full text-grey-darker mr-3 py-1 px-2 leading-tight focus:outline-none" type="text" placeholder="Jane Doe" aria-label="Full name">
    <button class="flex-no-shrink bg-teal hover:bg-teal-dark border-teal hover:border-teal-dark text-sm border-4 text-white py-1 px-2 rounded" type="button">
      Sign Up
    </button>
    <button class="flex-no-shrink border-transparent border-4 text-teal hover:text-teal-darker text-sm py-1 px-2 rounded" type="button">
      Cancel
    </button>
  </div>
</form>

Custom Select

<div class="inline-block relative w-64">
  <select class="block appearance-none w-full bg-white border border-grey-light hover:border-grey px-4 py-2 pr-8 rounded shadow leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline">
    <option>Really long option that will likely overlap the chevron</option>
    <option>Option 2</option>
    <option>Option 3</option>
  </select>
  <div class="pointer-events-none absolute pin-y pin-r flex items-center px-2 text-grey-darker">
    <svg class="fill-current h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path d="M9.293 12.95l.707.707L15.657 8l-1.414-1.414L10 10.828 5.757 6.586 4.343 8z"/></svg>
  </div>
</div>