Put search icon near textbox using bootstrap
I am using bootstrap by default textbox taking full width of column and I want to put search icon at the end to textbox.
My code is like this:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-4">
<label class="control-label">Name</label>
<input id="txtName" class="form-control input-sm" />
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4"></div>
<div class="col-lg-4"></div>
</div>
</div>
I don't want to use input group.
Please suggest an alternate way or alternate html with css.
Here are three different ways to do it:
Here's a working Demo in Fiddle Of All Three
Validation:
You can use native bootstrap validation states (No Custom CSS!):
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
<label class="control-label" for="inputSuccess2">Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputSuccess2"/>
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search form-control-feedback"></span>
</div>
For a full discussion, see my answer to Add a Bootstrap Glyphicon to Input Box
Input Group:
You can use the .input-group
class like this:
<div class="input-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control"/>
<span class="input-group-addon">
<i class="fa fa-search"></i>
</span>
</div>
For a full discussion, see my answer to adding Twitter Bootstrap icon to Input box
Unstyled Input Group:
You can still use .input-group
for positioning but just override the default styling to make the two elements appear separate.
Use a normal input group but add the class input-group-unstyled
:
<div class="input-group input-group-unstyled">
<input type="text" class="form-control" />
<span class="input-group-addon">
<i class="fa fa-search"></i>
</span>
</div>
Then change the styling with the following css:
.input-group.input-group-unstyled input.form-control {
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
.input-group-unstyled .input-group-addon {
border-radius: 4px;
border: 0px;
background-color: transparent;
}
Also, these solutions work for any input size
Adding a class with a width of 90% to your input element and adding the following input-icon class to your span would achieve what you want I think.
.input { width: 90%; }
.input-icon {
display: inline-block;
height: 22px;
width: 22px;
line-height: 22px;
text-align: center;
color: #000;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: 4px;
}
EDIT Per dan's suggestion, it would not be wise to use .input as the class name, some more specific would be advised. I was simply using .input as a generic placeholder for your css