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All 28 in 28 Tailwind CSS Input Fields

  1. 01Tailwind Floating Label Input
  2. 02Tailwind Underline Sweep Input
  3. 03Tailwind Neon Glow Input
  4. 04Tailwind Frosted Glass Input
  5. 05Tailwind Notched Outline Input
  6. 06Tailwind Drawn Border Input
  7. 07Tailwind Inline Validation Input
  8. 08Tailwind Search Input With Clear
  9. 09Tailwind Password Strength Meter
  10. 10Tailwind OTP Code Input
  11. 11Tailwind Rotating Placeholder Input
  12. 12Tailwind Tag Chip Input
  13. 13Tailwind Phone Input With Country
  14. 14Tailwind Stepper Number Input
  15. 15Tailwind File Drop Zone
  16. 16Tailwind Currency Input
  17. 17Tailwind Native Date Input
  18. 18Tailwind Time Range Input
  19. 19Tailwind Colour Picker Input
  20. 20Tailwind Voice Search Input
  21. 21Tailwind Email Suggestion Combobox
  22. 22Tailwind Auto-Grow Textarea
  23. 23Tailwind Inline Edit Field
  24. 24Tailwind Range Slider
  25. 25Tailwind URL Input With Protocol
  26. 26Tailwind Credit Card Input
  27. 27Tailwind Password Toggle Input
  28. 28Tailwind Brutalist Input
Tailwind + JSMIT licensed

Tailwind Inline Edit Field

Click-to-edit text that swaps a display span for an input, saves on Enter or blur and cancels on Escape. The editing state is a data-editing attribute on the wrapper, so the border, background and pencil all read it as a variant.

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The code

<div class="tif-23 grid min-h-svh w-full place-items-center bg-tif23-bg px-6 py-14 font-tif23-sans" aria-label="Inline edit field demo">
  <div class="grid w-full max-w-70 gap-1.5">
    <span class="font-tif23-mono text-[10px] tracking-[0.12em] text-tif23-mut uppercase" id="tif23-cap">Project name</span>
    <span data-tif23 data-value="Aurora Dashboard"
      class="group flex cursor-text items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-dashed border-transparent bg-transparent px-3 py-2 transition-[background-color,border-color] duration-150 hover:border-tif23-acc/20 hover:bg-tif23-acc/6 focus-within:border-tif23-acc/40 data-editing:border-solid data-editing:border-tif23-acc data-editing:bg-tif23-field">
      <span data-tif23-display tabindex="0" role="button" aria-labelledby="tif23-cap" aria-label="Edit project name"
        class="min-w-0 flex-1 text-sm font-semibold text-tif23-ink outline-none">Aurora Dashboard</span>
      <input data-tif23-input type="text" value="Aurora Dashboard" hidden aria-label="Project name"
        class="min-w-0 flex-1 border-0 bg-transparent p-0 text-sm font-semibold text-tif23-ink outline-none">
      <span aria-hidden="true" class="text-xs text-tif23-dim opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-150 group-hover:opacity-100 group-focus-within:opacity-100 group-data-editing:hidden">✎</span>
    </span>
  </div>
</div>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tif23-bg: #12121a;
  --color-tif23-bg: oklch(0.19 0.015 285);
  --color-tif23-field: #1a1a22;
  --color-tif23-field: oklch(0.23 0.015 285);
  --color-tif23-ink: #f0eeff;
  --color-tif23-ink: oklch(0.95 0.02 290);
  --color-tif23-mut: #b8b6d4;
  --color-tif23-mut: oklch(0.77 0.03 290);
  --color-tif23-dim: #7a7899;
  --color-tif23-dim: oklch(0.6 0.04 292);
  --color-tif23-acc: #7c6cff;
  --color-tif23-acc: oklch(0.62 0.2 288);
  --font-tif23-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tif23-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tif-23 {
  width: 100%;
}

.tif-23 ::selection {
  background: var(--color-tif23-acc);
  color: #12121a;
}
(function () {
  document.querySelectorAll('.tif-23').forEach(function (root) {
    if (root.dataset.bound) return; root.dataset.bound = '1';
    root.querySelectorAll('[data-tif23]').forEach(function (wrap) {
      var display = wrap.querySelector('[data-tif23-display]');
      var input = wrap.querySelector('[data-tif23-input]');
      if (!display || !input) return;

      function enter() {
        wrap.dataset.editing = '';
        display.hidden = true;
        input.hidden = false;
        input.value = wrap.dataset.value || display.textContent;
        input.focus();
        input.select();
      }
      function exit() {
        delete wrap.dataset.editing;
        input.hidden = true;
        display.hidden = false;
      }
      function commit() {
        var v = input.value.trim();
        if (v) {
          display.textContent = v;
          wrap.dataset.value = v;
          wrap.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('inline-edit:change', { detail: v, bubbles: true }));
        }
        exit();
      }
      function cancel() {
        input.value = wrap.dataset.value || display.textContent;
        exit();
        display.focus();
      }

      display.addEventListener('click', enter);
      display.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
        if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') { e.preventDefault(); enter(); }
      });
      input.addEventListener('blur', commit);
      input.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
        if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.preventDefault(); commit(); }
        if (e.key === 'Escape') { e.preventDefault(); cancel(); }
      });
    });
  });
})();

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tif23-bg: #12121a;
  --color-tif23-bg: oklch(0.19 0.015 285);
  --color-tif23-field: #1a1a22;
  --color-tif23-field: oklch(0.23 0.015 285);
  --color-tif23-ink: #f0eeff;
  --color-tif23-ink: oklch(0.95 0.02 290);
  --color-tif23-mut: #b8b6d4;
  --color-tif23-mut: oklch(0.77 0.03 290);
  --color-tif23-dim: #7a7899;
  --color-tif23-dim: oklch(0.6 0.04 292);
  --color-tif23-acc: #7c6cff;
  --color-tif23-acc: oklch(0.62 0.2 288);
  --font-tif23-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tif23-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tif-23 {
  width: 100%;
}

.tif-23 ::selection {
  background: var(--color-tif23-acc);
  color: #12121a;
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;700&family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@400;500;600&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • classList.add('is-editing') becomes dataset.editing, read by data-editing: and group-data-editing: — the script stops knowing anything about appearance.
  • Escape now returns focus to the display element; the original left focus nowhere, which strands keyboard users mid-list.
  • An inline-edit:change event was added so a store can persist the value — the original wrote to a data attribute and told nobody.
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Demo: Tailwind Inline Edit Field
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/tailwind-css-input-fields/tailwind-inline-edit-field/

Click-to-edit text that swaps a display span for an input, saves on Enter or blur and cancels on Escape. The editing state is a data-editing attribute on the wrapper, so the border, background and pencil all read it as a variant.
## HTML
```html
<div class="tif-23 grid min-h-svh w-full place-items-center bg-tif23-bg px-6 py-14 font-tif23-sans" aria-label="Inline edit field demo">
  <div class="grid w-full max-w-70 gap-1.5">
    <span class="font-tif23-mono text-[10px] tracking-[0.12em] text-tif23-mut uppercase" id="tif23-cap">Project name</span>
    <span data-tif23 data-value="Aurora Dashboard"
      class="group flex cursor-text items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-dashed border-transparent bg-transparent px-3 py-2 transition-[background-color,border-color] duration-150 hover:border-tif23-acc/20 hover:bg-tif23-acc/6 focus-within:border-tif23-acc/40 data-editing:border-solid data-editing:border-tif23-acc data-editing:bg-tif23-field">
      <span data-tif23-display tabindex="0" role="button" aria-labelledby="tif23-cap" aria-label="Edit project name"
        class="min-w-0 flex-1 text-sm font-semibold text-tif23-ink outline-none">Aurora Dashboard</span>
      <input data-tif23-input type="text" value="Aurora Dashboard" hidden aria-label="Project name"
        class="min-w-0 flex-1 border-0 bg-transparent p-0 text-sm font-semibold text-tif23-ink outline-none">
      <span aria-hidden="true" class="text-xs text-tif23-dim opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-150 group-hover:opacity-100 group-focus-within:opacity-100 group-data-editing:hidden">✎</span>
    </span>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tif23-bg: #12121a;
  --color-tif23-bg: oklch(0.19 0.015 285);
  --color-tif23-field: #1a1a22;
  --color-tif23-field: oklch(0.23 0.015 285);
  --color-tif23-ink: #f0eeff;
  --color-tif23-ink: oklch(0.95 0.02 290);
  --color-tif23-mut: #b8b6d4;
  --color-tif23-mut: oklch(0.77 0.03 290);
  --color-tif23-dim: #7a7899;
  --color-tif23-dim: oklch(0.6 0.04 292);
  --color-tif23-acc: #7c6cff;
  --color-tif23-acc: oklch(0.62 0.2 288);
  --font-tif23-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tif23-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tif-23 {
  width: 100%;
}

.tif-23 ::selection {
  background: var(--color-tif23-acc);
  color: #12121a;
}
```

## JavaScript
```js
(function () {
  document.querySelectorAll('.tif-23').forEach(function (root) {
    if (root.dataset.bound) return; root.dataset.bound = '1';
    root.querySelectorAll('[data-tif23]').forEach(function (wrap) {
      var display = wrap.querySelector('[data-tif23-display]');
      var input = wrap.querySelector('[data-tif23-input]');
      if (!display || !input) return;

      function enter() {
        wrap.dataset.editing = '';
        display.hidden = true;
        input.hidden = false;
        input.value = wrap.dataset.value || display.textContent;
        input.focus();
        input.select();
      }
      function exit() {
        delete wrap.dataset.editing;
        input.hidden = true;
        display.hidden = false;
      }
      function commit() {
        var v = input.value.trim();
        if (v) {
          display.textContent = v;
          wrap.dataset.value = v;
          wrap.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('inline-edit:change', { detail: v, bubbles: true }));
        }
        exit();
      }
      function cancel() {
        input.value = wrap.dataset.value || display.textContent;
        exit();
        display.focus();
      }

      display.addEventListener('click', enter);
      display.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
        if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') { e.preventDefault(); enter(); }
      });
      input.addEventListener('blur', commit);
      input.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
        if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.preventDefault(); commit(); }
        if (e.key === 'Escape') { e.preventDefault(); cancel(); }
      });
    });
  });
})();
```

How this works

Two children, one visible at a time. Entering edit mode hides the display, shows the input, focuses and selects it, and sets the flag the styling reads:

wrap.dataset.editing = '';
display.hidden = true;
input.hidden = false;
input.select();

Enter commits, Escape reverts, blur commits. That exact trio is what Notion, Linear, Asana and Airtable all use for a title field, and users have learned it — deviating from it is the one customisation not worth making.

Make it yours

  • Icon: the pencil glyph is plain text; drop in an SVG and keep aria-hidden.
  • Validation: reject commits below a minimum length before writing back.
  • Persistence: the wrapper dispatches inline-edit:change on commit — listen for it.
  • Accent: --color-tif23-acc drives hover tint, editing border and focus ring.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • If you switch the display to contenteditable, a Word paste brings rich text with it — strip formatting in a paste handler.
  • The empty-value branch reverts silently. If your product needs a visible rejection, add one.
  • Without role=&quot;button&quot; on the display, the click-to-edit affordance simply does not exist for assistive tech.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

Plain focus/blur/keydown plus a hidden input; the floor is Tailwind v4's sheet.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

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