How to Select Text Input Fields using CSS Selector ? (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 16 Oct, 2024

**Selecting text input fields using CSS selectors means targeting elements of type text in a form. This allows you to apply specific styles (e.g., font, color, borders) to those fields. This is typically done using the [type="text"] CSS attribute selector.

Here we have some CSS selector to select text input fields

Table of Content

• Using type Selector
• Using id Selector
• Using class Selector
• Using attribute Selector

Selecting Text Input Fields using type Selector

The type selector approach targets elements with the type="text" attribute, allowing you to apply CSS styles specifically to text input fields. This is done using input[type="text"] to customize properties like borders, fonts, and colors.

**Example: Here The type selector in CSS targets specific input types, like input[type="text"], allowing you to style only text input fields without affecting other input types

HTML `

<h3>Styled Text Input Field</h3>

<input type="text" 
       placeholder="Enter your name here">
<input type="text" 
       placeholder="Enter your email here">

`

**Output:

Selecting Text Input Fields using type Selector

Selecting Text Input Fields using id Selector

The id selector approach targets specific text input fields by their unique id attribute. Using #elementID, you can apply CSS styles to a particular input element rather than all text fields.

**Example: The ID selector targets specific input fields (#nameInput and #emailInput), allowing for unique styling for each field independently and ensuring precise design control.

HTML `

<h3>Styled Text Input Fields Using Class Selector</h3>

<input type="text" 
       class="input-field" 
       placeholder="Enter your name">
<input type="text" 
       class="input-field" 
       placeholder="Enter your email">
<input type="text" 
       class="input-field" 
       placeholder="Enter your address">

`

**Output:

Selecting Text Input Fields using class Selector

Selecting Text Input Fields using attribute Selector

The attribute selector targets text input fields based on their attributes, such as type="text". Using input[type="text"], you can apply specific styles to all input fields that match this attribute.

**Example: The attribute selector input[type="text"] is used to specifically target and style all text input fields, applying consistent margins, font size, padding, and width.

HTML `

<h3>Styled Text Input Fields Using Attribute Selector</h3>

<input type="text" 
       placeholder="Enter your name">
<input type="text" 
       placeholder="Enter your email">

`

**Output:

Selecting Text Input Fields using attribute Selector