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Bootstrap Forms

Bootstrap form includes attributes (like Gmail, number, radio, etc.), .form-control (increase the size of inputs), <select>, <textarea>, etc. form includes two types of layout:

  • Stacked form
  • Inline form

Stacked form

Stacked form is one of the type of form, it is used to create input field and buttons in stacked format.

Let's take an example of stacked form:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Form</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
  <form action="/action_page.php">
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="email">Email Id:</label>
      <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Enter email" name="email">
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="pwd">Password:</label>
      <input type="password" class="form-control" id="pwd" placeholder="Enter password" name="pswd">
    </div>
    <div class="form-group form-check">
      <label class="form-check-label">
        <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="remember"> Remember me
      </label>
    </div>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
  </form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:

Form Inline

The .form-inline class is used inside <form> element. The elements contains by inline are left-aligned and inline. Inline forms are worked when the viewport size are atleast 576px wide. If the viewport size are smaller than 576px, form element will automatically stacked vertically. In short it display the series of labels.

Let's take an example of inline-form:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Form</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<form class="form-inline" action="/action_page.php">
  <label for="email">Email Id:</label>
  <input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter email" id="email">
  <label for="pwd">Password:</label>
  <input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter password" id="pwd">
  <div class="form-check">
    <label class="form-check-label">
      <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox"> Remember me
    </label>
  </div>
  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:

Form Row/Grid

You can also create forms using the Grid system means columns (.col) and rows. The class .row gives you more grid margin but if you want less grid margin, use .form-row instead of .row

By using grid system you can control the input width and alignment without using utilities (mr (margin-right), ml(margin-left), mt(margin-top), mb(margin-bottom), pr (padding-right), pl(padding-left), pt(padding-top), pb(padding-bottom)).

With using grid system you have to first create row, inside the row create column.

Let's take an example of Form Row/Grid:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Form</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<form>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col">
      <input type="text" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Enter email" name="email">
    </div>
    <div class="col">
      <input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter password" name="pswd">
    </div>
  </div>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:

Sizing

Bootstrap forms also provide you to set heights of inputs using classes like .form-control-lg and .form-control-sm.

Let's take an example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Form</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<input class="form-control form-control-lg" type="text" placeholder="contain class.form-control-lg">
<input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="This is Default input">
<input class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text" placeholder="contain class .form-control-sm">
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:

Checkboxes and radios Buttons

You have option to use checkboxes and radios to your form. Sometimes you have many options for users, in that case you provide checkboxes and radios to users select any number from list.

You can use two types of checkboxes and radios:

  1. Default buttons
  2. Inline buttons

Let's take an example of checkboxes and radios:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Form</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h5>default Checkbox and radio Buttons</h5>
<div class="form-check">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="defaultCheck1">
  <label class="form-check-label" for="defaultCheck1">
    Default checkbox
  </label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="defaultCheck2" disabled>
  <label class="form-check-label" for="defaultCheck2">
    Disabled checkbox
  </label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="exampleRadios" id="exampleRadios1" value="option1" checked>
  <label class="form-check-label" for="exampleRadios1">
    Default radio
  </label>
</div>
<div class="form-check">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="exampleRadios" id="exampleRadios2" value="option2">
  <label class="form-check-label" for="exampleRadios2">
    Second default radio
  </label>
</div>
<h5>Inline Checkbox and radio Buttons</h5>
<div class="form-check form-check-inline">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox1" value="option1">
  <label class="form-check-label" for="inlineCheckbox1">1</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check form-check-inline">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox2" value="option2">
  <label class="form-check-label" for="inlineCheckbox2">2</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check form-check-inline">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="inlineRadioOptions" id="inlineRadio1" value="option1">
  <label class="form-check-label" for="inlineRadio1">1</label>
</div>
<div class="form-check form-check-inline">
  <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="inlineRadioOptions" id="inlineRadio2" value="option2">
  <label class="form-check-label" for="inlineRadio2">2</label>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:
default Checkbox and radio Buttons
Inline Checkbox and radio Buttons

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