Inset Pressed

Skeuomorphic inset shadow makes the input look pressed into the surface — a return to depth without the kitsch.

Pure CSS MIT licensed

Inset Pressed the 29th 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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<form class="csb-inset" role="search">
  <label class="csb-sr" for="csb-inset-i">Search</label>
  <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true">
    <circle cx="11" cy="11" r="7" />
    <path d="m20 20-3.5-3.5" />
  </svg>
  <input id="csb-inset-i" type="search" name="q" placeholder="Search..." />
</form>

.csb-inset {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
  padding: 11px 16px;
  background: #15151d;
  border: 1px solid #0c0c12;
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.04);
  transition: box-shadow 0.2s;
}
.csb-inset:focus-within {
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 0 0 2px rgba(124,108,255,0.3);
}
.csb-inset svg { width: 15px; height: 15px; fill: none; stroke: #6b6987; stroke-width: 2; stroke-linecap: round; }
.csb-inset input {
  width: 220px; padding: 0;
  border: 0; outline: none; background: transparent;
  color: #f0eeff; font: 500 14px/1 system-ui, sans-serif;
}
.csb-inset input::placeholder { color: #b8b6d4; }

.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;
}

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