Input group

Bootstrap 5 Input group component

Easily extend form controls by adding text, buttons, or button groups on either side of textual inputs, custom selects, and custom file inputs.

Basic example

Place one add-on or button on either side of an input. You may also place one on both sides of an input. Remember to place <label>s outside the input group.

@example.com

Your vanity URL

https://example.com/users/

$ .00

With textarea

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon1">@</span>
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder="Username"
              aria-label="Username"
              aria-describedby="basic-addon1"
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder="Recipient's username"
              aria-label="Recipient's username"
              aria-describedby="basic-addon2"
            />
            <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon2">@example.com</span>
          </div>

          <label for="basic-url" class="form-label">Your vanity URL</label>
          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon3">https://example.com/users/</span>
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              id="basic-url1"
              aria-describedby="basic-addon3"
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text">$</span>
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)"
            />
            <span class="input-group-text">.00</span>
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder="Username"
              aria-label="Username"
            />
            <span class="input-group-text">@</span>
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder="Server"
              aria-label="Server"
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <span class="input-group-text">With textarea</span>
            <textarea class="form-control" aria-label="With textarea"></textarea>
          </div>

Wrapping

Input groups wrap by default via flex-wrap: wrap in order to accommodate custom form field validation within an input group. You may disable this with .flex-nowrap.

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          <div class="input-group flex-nowrap">
            <span class="input-group-text" id="addon-wrapping">@</span>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" aria-label="Username" aria-describedby="addon-wrapping" />
          </div>

Sizing

Add the relative form sizing classes to the .input-group itself and contents within will automatically resize—no need for repeating the form control size classes on each element.

Sizing on the individual input group elements isn’t supported.

Small

Default

Large

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          <div class="input-group input-group-sm mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-sm">Small</span>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-sm" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-default">Default</span>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-default" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
            <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-lg">Large</span>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-lg" />
          </div>

No border

Add .border-0 class to the .input-group-text to remove the border.

@example.com

Your vanity URL

https://example.com/users/

$ .00

With textarea

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text border-0" id="search-addon"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></span>
            <input 
              type="search"
              class="form-control rounded"
              placeholder="Search"
              aria-label="Search"
              aria-describedby="search-addon" 
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text border-0" id="basic-addon1">@</span>
            <input
              type="text"
              class="form-control rounded"
              placeholder="Username"
              aria-label="Username"
              aria-describedby="basic-addon1" 
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control rounded"
              placeholder="Recipient's username"
              aria-label="Recipient's username"
              aria-describedby="basic-addon2"
            />
            <span class="input-group-text border-0" id="basic-addon2">@example.com</span>
          </div>

          <label for="basic-url" class="form-label">Your vanity URL</label>
          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text border-0" id="basic-addon3">https://example.com/users/</span>
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control rounded"
              id="basic-url3"
              aria-describedby="basic-addon3"
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text border-0">$</span>
            <input 
              type="text" 
              class="form-control rounded"
              aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)"
            />
            <span class="input-group-text border-0">.00</span>
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <span class="input-group-text border-0">With textarea</span>
            <textarea class="form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea"></textarea>
          </div>

Checkboxes and radios

Place any checkbox or radio option within an input group’s addon instead of text.

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <div class="input-group-text">
              <input class="form-check-input mt-0" type="checkbox" value="" aria-label="Checkbox for following text input" />
            </div>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with checkbox" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <div class="input-group-text">
              <input class="form-check-input mt-0" type="radio" value="" aria-label="Radio button for following text input" />
            </div>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with radio button" />
          </div>

Multiple inputs

While multiple <input>s are supported visually, validation styles are only available for input groups with a single <input>.

First and last name

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          <div class="input-group">
            <span class="input-group-text">First and last name</span>
            <input type="text" aria-label="First name" class="form-control" />
            <input type="text" aria-label="Last name" class="form-control" />
          </div>

Multiple addons

Multiple add-ons are supported and can be mixed with checkbox and radio input versions.

$ 0.00

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <span class="input-group-text">$</span>
            <span class="input-group-text">0.00</span>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)" />
            <span class="input-group-text">$</span>
            <span class="input-group-text">0.00</span>
          </div>

Button addons

Use button addons to place button on either side of an input.

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="button-addon1" data-mdb-ripple-init data-mdb-ripple-color="dark">
              Button
            </button>
            <input 
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder=""
              aria-label="Example text with button addon"
              aria-describedby="button-addon1" 
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder="Recipient's username"
              aria-label="Recipient's username"
              aria-describedby="button-addon2"
            />
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="button-addon2" data-mdb-ripple-init data-mdb-ripple-color="dark">
              Button
            </button>
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" data-mdb-ripple-init data-mdb-ripple-color="dark">
              Button
            </button>
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" data-mdb-ripple-init data-mdb-ripple-color="dark">
              Button
            </button>
            <input
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder=""
              aria-label="Example text with two button addons" 
            />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <input
              type="text"
              class="form-control"
              placeholder="Recipient's username"
              aria-label="Recipient's username with two button addons" 
            />
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" data-mdb-ripple-init data-mdb-ripple-color="dark">
              Button
            </button>
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" data-mdb-ripple-init data-mdb-ripple-color="dark">
              Button
            </button>
          </div>

        
            
          // Initialization for ES Users
          import { Ripple, initMDB } from "mdb-ui-kit";
          
          initMDB({ Ripple });

Buttons with dropdowns

Use buttons with dropdowns to place dropdown on either side of an input.

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-mdb-dropdown-init data-mdb-ripple-init aria-expanded="false">
              Dropdown
            </button>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            </ul>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button" />
            <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-mdb-dropdown-init data-mdb-ripple-init aria-expanded="false">
              Dropdown
            </button>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            </ul>
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-mdb-dropdown-init data-mdb-ripple-init aria-expanded="false">
              Dropdown
            </button>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action before</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action before</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            </ul>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with 2 dropdown buttons" />
            <button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-mdb-dropdown-init data-mdb-ripple-init aria-expanded="false">
              Dropdown
            </button>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            </ul>
          </div>

        
            
          // Initialization for ES Users
          import { Dropdown, Ripple, initMDB } from "mdb-ui-kit";
          
          initMDB({ Dropdown, Ripple });

Segmented buttons

Segmented Buttons allow users to select one item at a time from two to four options. Selecting one option automatically turns off the last selection made.

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" data-mdb-ripple-init>Action</button>
            <button 
              type="button"
              class="btn btn-outline-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split"
              data-mdb-dropdown-init
              aria-expanded="false"
            >
              <span class="visually-hidden">Toggle Dropdown</span>
            </button>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            </ul>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with segmented dropdown button" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with segmented dropdown button" />
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" data-mdb-ripple-init>Action</button>
            <button 
              type="button"
              class="btn btn-outline-secondary dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split"
              data-mdb-dropdown-init
              aria-expanded="false"
            >
              <span class="visually-hidden">Toggle Dropdown</span>
            </button>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end">
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
              <li><hr class="dropdown-divider" /></li>
              <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            </ul>
          </div>

        
            
          // Initialization for ES Users
          import { Dropdown, Ripple, initMDB } from "mdb-ui-kit";
          
          initMDB({ Dropdown, Ripple });

File input

Input groups include support for custom file inputs. Browser default versions of these are not supported.

Upload

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          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <label class="input-group-text" for="inputGroupFile01">Upload</label>
            <input type="file" class="form-control" id="inputGroupFile01" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input type="file" class="form-control" id="inputGroupFile02" />
            <label class="input-group-text" for="inputGroupFile02">Upload</label>
          </div>

          <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="inputGroupFileAddon03" data-mdb-ripple-init>
              Button
            </button>
            <input type="file" class="form-control" id="inputGroupFile03" aria-describedby="inputGroupFileAddon03" aria-label="Upload" />
          </div>

          <div class="input-group">
            <input type="file" class="form-control" id="inputGroupFile04" aria-describedby="inputGroupFileAddon04" aria-label="Upload" />
            <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="inputGroupFileAddon04" data-mdb-ripple-init>
              Button
            </button>
          </div>

        
            
          // Initialization for ES Users
          import { Ripple, initMDB } from "mdb-ui-kit";
          
          initMDB({ Ripple });

Accessibility

Screen readers will have trouble with your forms if you don’t include a label for every input. For these input groups, ensure that any additional label or functionality is conveyed to assistive technologies.

The exact technique to be used (<label> elements hidden using the .visually-hidden class, or use of the aria-label and aria-labelledby attributes, possibly in combination with aria-describedby) and what additional information will need to be conveyed will vary depending on the exact type of interface widget you’re implementing. The examples in this section provide a few suggested, case-specific approaches.

Input group

Bootstrap 5 Input group component

Basic example

Wrapping

Sizing

No border

Checkboxes and radios

Multiple inputs

Multiple addons

Button addons

Buttons with dropdowns

Segmented buttons

File input

Accessibility

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