Bootstrap 3 select input form inline

Question

I'm trying to get input and select option inline attached with each other like this demo using Bootstrap 2.

Following Bootstrap 3 guidelines I manage to do this:

<div class="container">
    <div class="col-sm-7 pull-right well">
      <form class="form-inline" action="#" method="get">
        <div class="form-group col-sm-5">
          <input class="form-control" type="text" value="" placeholder="Search" name="q">
        </div>
        <div class="form-group col-sm-3">
          <select class="form-control" name="category">
              <option>select</option>
              <option>1</option>
              <option>2</option>
              <option>3</option>
          </select>
        </div>
        <button class="btn btn-primary col-sm-3 pull-right" type="submit">Search</button>
      </form>
    </div>
</div>

It's responsive, but input and select can't be attached without some nasty css hacks. I found lot of examples with attached buttons, but that does not work with select element.

Answer 1

Based on spacebean's answer, this modification also changes the displayed text when the user selects a different item (just as a <select> would do):

http://www.bootply.com/VxVlaebtnL

HTML:

<div class="container">
  <div class="col-sm-7 pull-right well">
    <form class="form-inline" action="#" method="get">
      <div class="input-group col-sm-8">
        <input class="form-control" type="text" value="" placeholder="Search" name="q">
        <div class="input-group-btn">
          <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span id="mydropdowndisplay">Choice 1</span> <span class="caret"></span></button>
          <ul class="dropdown-menu" id="mydropdownmenu">
            <li><a href="#">Choice 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Choice 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Choice 3</a></li>
          </ul>
          <input type="hidden" id="mydropwodninput" name="category">
        </div><!-- /btn-group -->
      </div>
    <button class="btn btn-primary col-sm-3 pull-right" type="submit">Search</button>
    </form>
  </div>
</div>

Jquery:

$('#mydropdownmenu > li').click(function(e){
  e.preventDefault();
  var selected = $(this).text();
  $('#mydropwodninput').val(selected);
  $('#mydropdowndisplay').text(selected);
});

Answer 2

I know this is a bit old, but I had the same problem and my search brought me here. I wanted two select elements and a button all inline, which worked in 2 but not 3. I ended up wrapping the three elements in <form class="form-inline">...</form>. This actually worked perfectly for me.

Answer 3

Thanks to G_money and other suggestions for this excellent solution to input-text with inline dropdown... here's another great solution.

<form class="form-inline" role="form" id="yourformID-form" action="" method="post">
    <div class="input-group">
        <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-male"></i></span>

        <div class="form-group">
            <input size="50" maxlength="50" class="form-control" name="q" type="text">          
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <select class="form-control" name="category">
                <option value=""></option>
                <option value="0">select1</option>
                <option value="1">select2</option>
                <option value="2">select3</option>
            </select>           
        </div>
    </div>
</form>

This works with Bootstrap 3: allowing input-text inline with a select dropdown. Here's what it looks like below...

Answer 4

This is how I made it without extra css or jquery:

<div class="form-group">
    <div class="input-group">
        <label class="sr-only" for="extra3">Extra name 3</label>
        <input type="text" id="extra3" class="form-control" placeholder="Extra name">
        <span class="input-group-addon">
            <label class="checkbox-inline">
               Mandatory? <input type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox5" value="option1">
            </label>
        </span>
        <span class="input-group-addon">
             <label class="checkbox-inline">
               Per person? <input type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox6" value="option2">
             </label>
        </span>
        <span class="input-group-addon">
            To be paid? 
            <select>
                <option value="online">Online</option>
                <option value="on spot">On Spot</option>
            </select>
        </span>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 5

I can't seem to make that work without hacks either, so what I did was just use the drop-down menu in place of a select box and send the info through a hidden field, like so (using your code):

http://bootply.com/93417

Jquery:

$('.dropdown-menu li').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
  var selected = $(this).text();
  $('.category').val(selected);  
});

HTML:

<div class="container">
    <div class="col-sm-7 pull-right well">
      <form class="form-inline" action="#" method="get">
        <div class="input-group col-sm-8">
          <input class="form-control" type="text" value="" placeholder="Search" name="q">
       <div class="input-group-btn">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Select <span class="caret"></span></button>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
          <li><a href="#">1</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">2</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">3</a></li>
        </ul>
         <input type="hidden" name="category" class="category">
      </div><!-- /btn-group -->
        </div>
        <button class="btn btn-primary col-sm-3 pull-right" type="submit">Search</button>
      </form>
    </div>
</div>

Not sure if that will work for what you want, but it is an option for you.

Answer 6

I think I've accidentally found a solution. The only thing to do is inserting an empty <span class="input-group-addon"></span> between the <input> and the <select>.

Additionally you can make it "invisible" by reducing its width, horizontal padding and borders:

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<div class="input-group">
    <span class="input-group-addon" title="* Price" id="priceLabel">Price</span>
    <input type="number" id="searchbygenerals_priceFrom" name="searchbygenerals[priceFrom]" required="required" class="form-control" value="0">
    <span class="input-group-addon">-</span>
    <input type="number" id="searchbygenerals_priceTo" name="searchbygenerals[priceTo]" required="required" class="form-control" value="0">
  
    <!-- insert this line -->
    <span class="input-group-addon" style="width:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; border:none;"></span>
  
    <select id="searchbygenerals_currency" name="searchbygenerals[currency]" class="form-control">
        <option value="1">HUF</option>
        <option value="2">EUR</option>
    </select>
</div>

Tested on Chrome and FireFox.