32 CSS Search Box & Search Bar Designs
Clear-on-Type
An × clear button appears as soon as the user types — pure CSS via :placeholder-shown, no JS state needed.
Clear-on-Type the 9th of 32 designs in the 32 CSS Search Box & Search Bar 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
<form class="csb-clear" role="search"> <label class="csb-sr" for="csb-clear-i">Search</label> <input id="csb-clear-i" type="search" name="q" placeholder="Type something..." /> <button type="reset" class="csb-clear-x" aria-label="Clear search"></button> </form>
.csb-clear {
display: inline-flex; align-items: center;
padding: 4px 6px 4px 14px;
background: #1a1a28;
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
border-radius: 10px;
}
.csb-clear:focus-within { border-color: #7c6cff; }
.csb-clear input {
width: 220px; padding: 8px 0;
border: 0; outline: none; background: transparent;
color: #f0eeff; font: 500 14px/1 system-ui, sans-serif;
-webkit-appearance: none; appearance: none;
}
.csb-clear input::-webkit-search-decoration,
.csb-clear input::-webkit-search-cancel-button { display: none; }
.csb-clear input::placeholder { color: #b8b6d4; }
.csb-clear-x {
width: 24px; height: 24px;
border: 0; cursor: pointer;
background: rgba(255,255,255,0.06);
border-radius: 50%;
position: relative;
margin-left: 6px;
opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.6);
transition: opacity 0.2s, transform 0.2s;
}
.csb-clear input:not(:placeholder-shown) ~ .csb-clear-x {
opacity: 1; transform: scale(1);
}
.csb-clear-x::before, .csb-clear-x::after {
content: ''; position: absolute;
top: 50%; left: 50%;
width: 9px; height: 1.5px;
background: #f0eeff; border-radius: 1px;
}
.csb-clear-x::before { transform: translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(45deg); }
.csb-clear-x::after { transform: translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(-45deg); }
.csb-clear-x:hover { background: rgba(255,108,138,0.2); }
.csb-sr {
position: absolute !important;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
padding: 0;
margin: -1px;
overflow: hidden;
clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
white-space: nowrap;
border: 0;
}