CSS to put icon inside an input element in a form

To show how to put an icon inside an input element in a form using CSS, use the Font Awesome. For adding the font awesome icons on a web page, include the CDN −

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

Place Icons Inside an Input Element

We have used the Font Awesome icons here for Username, Email and password −

<i class="fa fa-user icon"> </i>
<input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Username" />
<div class="inputContainer">
   <i class="fa fa-envelope icon"> </i>
   <input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Email" />
</div>
<div class="inputContainer">
   <i class="fa fa-key icon"> </i>
   <input class="Field" type="password" placeholder="Password" />
</div>

Icon for the Username

For the Username, the following icon is included −

<i class="fa fa-user icon"> </i>

Icon for the Email-id

For the Email-id, the following icon is included −

<i class="fa fa-envelope icon"> </i>

Icon for the Password

For the Password, the following icon is included −

<i class="fa fa-key icon"> </i>

Example

Let us see the example to put icon inside an input element −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"/>
   <style>
      body {
         font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
      }
      form {
         max-width: 450px;
         margin: auto;
      }
      .inputContainer i {
         position: absolute;
      }
      .inputContainer {
         width: 100%;
         margin-bottom: 10px;
      }
      .icon {
         padding: 15px;
         color: rgb(49, 0, 128);
         width: 70px;
         text-align: left;
      }
      .Field {
         width: 100%;
         padding: 10px;
         text-align: center;
         font-size: 20px;
         font-weight: 500;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1 style="text-align: center;">Icons inside input element example</h1>
   <form>
      <div class="inputContainer">
         <i class="fa fa-user icon"> </i>
         <input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Username" />
      </div>
      <div class="inputContainer">
         <i class="fa fa-envelope icon"> </i>
         <input class="Field" type="text" placeholder="Email" />
      </div>
      <div class="inputContainer">
         <i class="fa fa-key icon"> </i>
         <input class="Field" type="password" placeholder="Password" />
      </div>
   </form>
</body>
</html>
Updated on: 2023-10-31T11:40:21+05:30

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