Floating Label
Classic floating label input. The placeholder lifts and shrinks above the field on focus — a calm, accessible pattern used across every modern product surface.
Floating Label the 1st of 28 designs in the 28 CSS Input Field Designs collection. The design is implemented in pure CSS — no JavaScript required. Copy the HTML and CSS panels below into your project. Because the demo is pure CSS, it works in any framework or templating engine you happen to use. The design honours prefers-reduced-motion and uses real semantic markup, so it ships accessibility-ready out of the box.
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The code
<label class="if-float"> <input type="email" name="email" autocomplete="email" placeholder=" " required /> <span class="if-float-label">Email address</span> </label>
.if-float {
position: relative;
display: block;
width: 100%;
max-width: 280px;
}
.if-float input {
width: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 18px 14px 8px;
background: #1a1a22;
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
border-radius: 10px;
color: #f0eeff;
font-size: 14px;
outline: none;
transition:
border-color 0.2s,
background 0.2s;
}
.if-float input:focus {
border-color: #7c6cff;
background: #1f1f2a;
}
.if-float-label {
position: absolute;
left: 14px;
top: 14px;
font-size: 13px;
color: #b8b6d4;
pointer-events: none;
transition:
transform 0.2s,
font-size 0.2s,
color 0.2s;
}
.if-float input:focus + .if-float-label,
.if-float input:not(:placeholder-shown) + .if-float-label {
transform: translateY(-9px);
font-size: 10px;
color: #a78bfa;
letter-spacing: 0.06em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}