CSS/HTML: Create a glowing border around an Input

Question

I want to create some decent inputs for my form, and I would really like to know how TWITTER does their glowing border around their inputs.

Example/Picture of the Twitter border:

I also don't quite know how to create the rounded corners.

Answer 1

Here you go:

.glowing-border {
    border: 2px solid #dadada;
    border-radius: 7px;
}

.glowing-border:focus { 
    outline: none;
    border-color: #9ecaed;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px #9ecaed;
}

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/CXUpm/1/show/

(to view the code for the demo, remove "show/" from the URL)

Answer 2

I combined two of the previous answers (jsfiddle).

input {
    /* round the corners */
    border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;    
}

input:focus { 
    outline:none;
    border: 1px solid #4195fc; 
    /* create a BIG glow */
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 14px #4195fc; 
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 14px #4195fc;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 14px #4195fc;  
}​

Answer 3

SLaks hit the nail on the head but you might want to look over the changes for inputs in CSS3 in general. Rounded corners and box-shadow are both new features in CSS3 and will let you do exactly what you're looking for. One of my personal favorite links for CSS3/HTML5 is http://diveintohtml5.ep.io/ .

Answer 4

This will create glowing input fields and textareas:

textarea,textarea:focus,input,input:focus{
    transition: border-color 0.15s ease-in-out 0s, box-shadow 0.15s ease-in-out 0s;
    border: 1px solid #c4c4c4;
    border-radius: 4px;
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px #d9d9d9;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px #d9d9d9;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px #d9d9d9;
}

input:focus,textarea:focus { 
    outline: none;
    border: 1px solid #7bc1f7;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px #7bc1f7;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px #7bc1f7;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px #7bc1f7;
}

Answer 5

input[type="text"]{
   @include transition(all 0.30s ease-in-out);
  outline: none;
  padding: 3px 0px 3px 3px;
  margin: 5px 1px 3px 0px;
  border: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
}
input[type="text"]:focus{
  @include box-shadow(0 0 5px rgba(81, 203, 238, 1));
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #007eff;  
  -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #007eff;  
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #007eff;
}

Answer 6

$('.form-fild input,.form-fild textarea').focus(function() {
    $(this).parent().addClass('open');
});

$('.form-fild input,.form-fild textarea').blur(function() {
    $(this).parent().removeClass('open');
});

.open {
  color:red;   
}
.form-fild {
	position: relative;
	margin: 30px 0;
}
.form-fild label {
	position: absolute;
	top: 5px;
	left: 10px;
	padding:5px;
}

.form-fild.open label {
	top: -25px;
	left: 10px;
	/*background: #ffffff;*/
}
.form-fild input[type="text"] {
	padding-left: 80px;
}
.form-fild textarea {
	padding-left: 80px;
}
.form-fild.open textarea, 
.form-fild.open input[type="text"] {
	padding-left: 10px;
}
textarea,
input[type="text"] {
	padding: 10px;
	width: 100%;
}
textarea,
input,
.form-fild.open label,
.form-fild label {
	-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
       -moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
         -o-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
            transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
	<div class="row">
    	<form>
        <div class="form-fild">
            <label>Name :</label>
            <input type="text">
        </div>
        <div class="form-fild">
            <label>Email :</label>
            <input type="text">
        </div>
        <div class="form-fild">
            <label>Number :</label>
            <input type="text">
        </div>
        <div class="form-fild">
            <label>Message :</label>
            <textarea cols="10" rows="5"></textarea>
        </div>
    </form>
    </div>
</div>