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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
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Notched Outline Input

The Material notched outline — rebuilt on a real <fieldset> and <legend>, so the browser cuts the gap for you. The CSS original fakes it with three bordered spans and an opaque label background that must exactly match the page; this version works on any surface, gradient included.

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The code

<div class="tif-05 grid min-h-svh w-full place-items-center bg-tif05-bg px-6 py-14 font-tif05-sans" aria-label="Notched outline input demo">
  <label class="group relative block w-full max-w-70">
    <input type="text" name="tif05-name" autocomplete="name" placeholder=" " required
      class="relative z-1 w-full bg-transparent px-3.5 py-3.5 text-sm text-tif05-ink outline-none placeholder:text-transparent">
    <span class="pointer-events-none absolute top-3.5 left-3.5 text-[13px] text-tif05-mut transition-opacity duration-150 group-focus-within:opacity-0 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:opacity-0">Full name</span>
    <fieldset aria-hidden="true" class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 -top-2 bottom-0 rounded-lg border border-tif05-acc/35 px-2 transition-colors duration-200 group-focus-within:border-tif05-acc">
      <legend class="ml-1 max-w-0 overflow-hidden p-0 text-[10px] font-semibold tracking-[0.06em] whitespace-nowrap text-tif05-acc uppercase opacity-0 transition-[max-width,padding,opacity] duration-200 group-focus-within:max-w-40 group-focus-within:px-1 group-focus-within:opacity-100 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:max-w-40 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:px-1 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-none">Full name</legend>
    </fieldset>
  </label>
</div>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tif05-bg: #07070f;
  --color-tif05-bg: oklch(0.13 0.012 280);
  --color-tif05-ink: #f0eeff;
  --color-tif05-ink: oklch(0.95 0.02 290);
  --color-tif05-mut: #b8b6d4;
  --color-tif05-mut: oklch(0.77 0.03 290);
  --color-tif05-acc: #2eb88a;
  --color-tif05-acc: oklch(0.7 0.13 165);
  --font-tif05-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
}

.tif-05 {
  width: 100%;
}

.tif-05 ::selection {
  background: var(--color-tif05-acc);
  color: #07070f;
}

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-tif05-bg: #07070f;
  --color-tif05-bg: oklch(0.13 0.012 280);
  --color-tif05-ink: #f0eeff;
  --color-tif05-ink: oklch(0.95 0.02 290);
  --color-tif05-mut: #b8b6d4;
  --color-tif05-mut: oklch(0.77 0.03 290);
  --color-tif05-acc: #2eb88a;
  --color-tif05-acc: oklch(0.7 0.13 165);
  --font-tif05-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
}

.tif-05 {
  width: 100%;
}

.tif-05 ::selection {
  background: var(--color-tif05-acc);
  color: #07070f;
}
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=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap">

What changed in the port

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

  • Improved, not just ported. The three-span grid-template-columns: 12px auto 1fr frame and its opaque label swatch are gone; a native fieldset/legend cuts the notch, so the field now works on gradients and images where the original visibly failed.
  • Four descendant selector chains (input:focus ~ .frame .cut > span) become group-focus-within: and group-has-[…]: on the two elements that actually change.
  • One fewer thing to keep in sync: there is no longer a background colour that must exactly match the page surface.
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Demo: Tailwind Notched Outline Input
Source: https://codefronts.com/components/tailwind-css-input-fields/tailwind-notched-outline-input/

The Material notched outline — rebuilt on a real <fieldset> and <legend>, so the browser cuts the gap for you. The CSS original fakes it with three bordered spans and an opaque label background that must exactly match the page; this version works on any surface, gradient included.
## HTML
```html
<div class="tif-05 grid min-h-svh w-full place-items-center bg-tif05-bg px-6 py-14 font-tif05-sans" aria-label="Notched outline input demo">
  <label class="group relative block w-full max-w-70">
    <input type="text" name="tif05-name" autocomplete="name" placeholder=" " required
      class="relative z-1 w-full bg-transparent px-3.5 py-3.5 text-sm text-tif05-ink outline-none placeholder:text-transparent">
    <span class="pointer-events-none absolute top-3.5 left-3.5 text-[13px] text-tif05-mut transition-opacity duration-150 group-focus-within:opacity-0 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:opacity-0">Full name</span>
    <fieldset aria-hidden="true" class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 -top-2 bottom-0 rounded-lg border border-tif05-acc/35 px-2 transition-colors duration-200 group-focus-within:border-tif05-acc">
      <legend class="ml-1 max-w-0 overflow-hidden p-0 text-[10px] font-semibold tracking-[0.06em] whitespace-nowrap text-tif05-acc uppercase opacity-0 transition-[max-width,padding,opacity] duration-200 group-focus-within:max-w-40 group-focus-within:px-1 group-focus-within:opacity-100 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:max-w-40 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:px-1 group-has-[input:not(:placeholder-shown)]:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-none">Full name</legend>
    </fieldset>
  </label>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tif05-bg: #07070f;
  --color-tif05-bg: oklch(0.13 0.012 280);
  --color-tif05-ink: #f0eeff;
  --color-tif05-ink: oklch(0.95 0.02 290);
  --color-tif05-mut: #b8b6d4;
  --color-tif05-mut: oklch(0.77 0.03 290);
  --color-tif05-acc: #2eb88a;
  --color-tif05-acc: oklch(0.7 0.13 165);
  --font-tif05-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
}

.tif-05 {
  width: 100%;
}

.tif-05 ::selection {
  background: var(--color-tif05-acc);
  color: #07070f;
}
```

How this works

The gap is the browser's job. A legend inside a fieldset interrupts the border natively — no opaque swatch painted over a line, so the field can sit on a gradient:

<fieldset class="absolute -top-2 inset-x-0 bottom-0 rounded-lg border">
  <legend class="max-w-0 px-0 opacity-0
    group-focus-within:max-w-40 group-focus-within:px-1">…

Group, not peer. The legend is a descendant of a sibling, not a sibling, so peer-* cannot reach it. group on the label plus group-has-[…] reads the input's state from above and applies it below — the variant pair that replaces every descendant selector in this collection.

Make it yours

  • Accent: --color-tif05-acc drives resting border, focus border and legend in one edit.
  • Notch width cap: group-focus-within:max-w-40 — raise it for longer labels, it only needs to exceed the text.
  • Corner: rounded-lg on the fieldset, matched by nothing else. The fake-notch version needed two radii kept in sync.
  • Speed: duration-200 on the legend. Shorter reads as more responsive on dense forms.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • The label text appears twice — visible placeholder-label and legend. Change one, change both, or the states disagree.
  • legend needs p-0 and an explicit ml-* reset: the UA stylesheet adds padding you did not ask for.
  • placeholder=&quot; &quot; is still required — :placeholder-shown is what tells the legend the field is filled.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

fieldset/legend notching is ancient and universal; :has() (via group-has-*) needs Chrome 105+, Safari 15.4+, Firefox 121+ — under the Tailwind floor anyway.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

:has()tw ↗transitionstw ↗

Theme tokensset in @theme, used by a utility

oklch()tw ↗

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