Form

Easily create nice looking forms with different styles and layouts.

Usage

Add one of the following classes to form controls inside a <form> element to define them.

Class	Description
`.uk-input`	Add this class to `<input>` elements.
`.uk-select`	Add this class to `<select>` elements.
`.uk-textarea`	Add this class to `<textarea>` elements.
`.uk-radio`	Add this class to `<input type="radio">` elements to create radio buttons.
`.uk-checkbox`	Add this class to `<input type="checkbox">` elements to create checkboxes.
`.uk-range`	Add this class to `<input type="range">` elements to create range forms.
`.uk-toggle-switch`	Add this class to `<input type="checkbox">` elements to create toggle switches.

<form>
  <input class="uk-input" type="text" />
  <select class="uk-select">
    <option></option>
    <option></option>
  </select>
  <textarea class="uk-textarea"></textarea>
  <input class="uk-radio" type="radio" />
  <input class="uk-checkbox" type="checkbox" />
  <input class="uk-range" type="range" />
</form>

Add the .uk-fieldset class to a <fieldset> element and the .uk-legend class to a <legend> element to define a fieldset and a form legend.

Legend

A B

A B

<form>
  <fieldset class="uk-fieldset">
    <legend class="uk-legend">Legend</legend>

    <div class="uk-margin">
      <input
        class="uk-input"
        type="text"
        placeholder="Input"
        aria-label="Input"
      />
    </div>

    <div class="uk-margin">
      <select class="uk-select" aria-label="Select">
        <option>Option 01</option>
        <option>Option 02</option>
      </select>
    </div>

    <div class="uk-margin">
      <textarea
        class="uk-textarea"
        rows="5"
        placeholder="Textarea"
        aria-label="Textarea"
      ></textarea>
    </div>

    <div class="uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-margin uk-child-width-auto">
      <label
        ><input class="uk-radio" type="radio" name="radio2" checked /> A</label
      >
      <label><input class="uk-radio" type="radio" name="radio2" /> B</label>
    </div>

    <div class="uk-grid uk-grid-small uk-margin uk-child-width-auto">
      <label><input class="uk-checkbox" type="checkbox" checked /> A</label>
      <label><input class="uk-checkbox" type="checkbox" /> B</label>
    </div>

    <div class="uk-margin">
      <input
        class="uk-range"
        type="range"
        value="2"
        min="0"
        max="10"
        step="0.1"
        aria-label="Range"
      />
    </div>
  </fieldset>
</form>

States modifiers

Provide the user with basic information through feedback states on form controls by using one of the following classes.

Class	Description
`.uk-form-danger`	Add this class to notify the user that the value is not validated.

Add the disabled attribute to a form control. It will appear muted.

<div class="uk-margin">
  <input
    class="uk-form-width-medium uk-form-danger uk-input"
    type="text"
    placeholder="form-danger"
    aria-label="form-danger"
    value="form-danger"
  />
</div>

<div class="uk-margin">
  <input
    class="uk-form-width-medium uk-input"
    type="text"
    placeholder="disabled"
    aria-label="disabled"
    value="disabled"
    disabled
  />
</div>

Width modifiers

You can apply the .uk-width-* classes from the Width component to form controls.

<form>
  <input
    class="uk-input uk-width-1-2"
    type="text"
    placeholder="uk-width-1-2"
    aria-label="uk-width-1-2"
  />
</form>

Blank modifier

Add the .uk-form-blank class to minimize the styling of form controls.

<form>
  <input
    class="uk-form-width-medium uk-input uk-form-blank"
    type="text"
    placeholder="Form blank"
  />
</form>

Layout

Define labels and controls and apply a stacked or horizontal layout to form elements. Layout modifiers can be added to any parent element like the <fieldset> element. This makes it possible to have different form layouts for each fieldset.

Class	Description
`.uk-form-stacked`	Add this class to display labels on top of controls.
`.uk-form-horizontal`	Add this class to display labels and controls side by side.
`.uk-form-label`	Add this class to define form labels.
`.uk-form-controls`	Add this class to define form controls.

<form class="uk-form-stacked">
  <div>
    <label class="uk-form-label"></label>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">…</div>
  </div>
  <div>
    <div class="uk-form-label"></div>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">…</div>
  </div>
</form>

Text

Select

Radio

Option 01
Option 02

<form class="uk-form-stacked">
  <div class="uk-margin">
    <label class="uk-form-label" for="form-stacked-text">Text</label>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">
      <input
        class="uk-input"
        id="form-stacked-text"
        type="text"
        placeholder="Some text..."
      />
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <label class="uk-form-label" for="form-stacked-select">Select</label>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">
      <select class="uk-select" id="form-stacked-select">
        <option>Option 01</option>
        <option>Option 02</option>
      </select>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div class="uk-form-label">Radio</div>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">
      <label
        ><input class="uk-radio" type="radio" name="radio1" /> Option 01</label
      ><br />
      <label
        ><input class="uk-radio" type="radio" name="radio1" /> Option 02</label
      >
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Horizontal form

Use the .uk-form-controls-text class to better align checkboxes and radio buttons when using them with text in a horizontal layout.

<form class="uk-form-horizontal">
  <div>
    <label class="uk-form-label"></label>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">…</div>
  </div>
  <div>
    <div class="uk-form-label"></div>
    <div class="uk-form-controls uk-form-controls-text">…</div>
  </div>
</form>

Text

Select

Radio

Option 01
Option 02

<form class="uk-form-horizontal uk-margin-large">
  <div class="uk-margin">
    <label class="uk-form-label" for="form-horizontal-text">Text</label>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">
      <input
        class="uk-input"
        id="form-horizontal-text"
        type="text"
        placeholder="Some text..."
      />
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <label class="uk-form-label" for="form-horizontal-select">Select</label>
    <div class="uk-form-controls">
      <select class="uk-select" id="form-horizontal-select">
        <option>Option 01</option>
        <option>Option 02</option>
      </select>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div class="uk-form-label">Radio</div>
    <div class="uk-form-controls uk-form-controls-text">
      <label
        ><input class="uk-radio" type="radio" name="radio1" /> Option 01</label
      ><br />
      <label
        ><input class="uk-radio" type="radio" name="radio1" /> Option 02</label
      >
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Form and icons

You use an icon from the Icon component inside a form. Add the .uk-form-icon class to a <span> element. Group it with an <input> element by adding the .uk-inline class from the Utility component to a container element around both. The icon has to come first in the markup. By default, the icon will be placed on the left side of the form. To change the alignment, add the .uk-form-icon-flip class.

<div class="uk-inline">
  <span class="uk-form-icon">
    <uk-icon icon="user"></uk-icon>
  </span>
  <input class="uk-input" />
</div>

<form>
  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div class="uk-inline">
      <span class="uk-form-icon">
        <uk-icon icon="user"></uk-icon>
      </span>
      <input class="uk-input" type="text" aria-label="Not clickable icon" />
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div class="uk-inline">
      <span class="uk-form-icon uk-form-icon-flip">
        <uk-icon icon="user"></uk-icon>
      </span>
      <input class="uk-input" type="text" aria-label="Not clickable icon" />
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Clickable icons

To enable an action, for example opening a modal to pick an image or link, use an <a> or <button> element to create the icon.

<div class="uk-inline">
  <a class="uk-form-icon uk-form-icon-flip" href="">
    <uk-icon icon="user"></uk-icon>
  </a>
  <input class="uk-input" />
</div>

<form>
  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div class="uk-inline">
      <a class="uk-form-icon" href="#">
        <uk-icon icon="file-pen-line"></uk-icon>
      </a>
      <input class="uk-input" type="text" aria-label="Clickable icon" />
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div class="uk-inline">
      <a class="uk-form-icon uk-form-icon-flip" href="#">
        <uk-icon icon="link"></uk-icon>
      </a>
      <input class="uk-input" type="text" aria-label="Clickable icon" />
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Form and grid

You can also use the Grid and Width components to define the layout of a form.

<form class="uk-grid-small" uk-grid>
  <div class="uk-width-1-1">
    <input class="uk-input" type="text" placeholder="100" aria-label="100" />
  </div>
  <div class="uk-width-1-2@s">
    <input class="uk-input" type="text" placeholder="50" aria-label="50" />
  </div>
  <div class="uk-width-1-4@s">
    <input class="uk-input" type="text" placeholder="25" aria-label="25" />
  </div>
  <div class="uk-width-1-4@s">
    <input class="uk-input" type="text" placeholder="25" aria-label="25" />
  </div>
  <div class="uk-width-1-2@s">
    <input class="uk-input" type="text" placeholder="50" aria-label="50" />
  </div>
  <div class="uk-width-1-2@s">
    <input class="uk-input" type="text" placeholder="50" aria-label="50" />
  </div>
</form>

Custom controls

To replace a file input or select forms with your own HTML content, like a button or text, add the uk-form-custom attribute to a container element.

File

Use a button or text as a file input.

<div uk-form-custom>
  <input type="file" />
  <button type="button"></button>
</div>

Here is a text
upload

<form>
  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div uk-form-custom>
      <input type="file" aria-label="Custom controls" />
      <button class="uk-button uk-button-default" type="button" tabindex="-1">
        Select
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <span class="uk-text-middle">Here is a text</span>
    <div uk-form-custom>
      <input type="file" aria-label="Custom controls" />
      <span class="uk-link">upload</span>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin" uk-margin>
    <div uk-form-custom="target: true">
      <input type="file" aria-label="Custom controls" />
      <input
        class="uk-form-width-medium uk-input"
        type="text"
        placeholder="Select file"
        aria-label="Custom controls"
        disabled
      />
    </div>
    <button class="uk-button uk-button-default">Submit</button>
  </div>
</form>

Note The hover and focus state for uk-form-custom are not styled by default, but you could use the adjacent sibling selector to do so.

Select

Use a button, text or a link as a select form. Just add the target: SELECTOR option to the uk-form-custom attribute to select where the option value should be displayed. target: true will select the adjacent element in the markup.

<div uk-form-custom="target: true">
  <select>
    <option></option>
    <option></option>
  </select>
  <button type="button"></button>
</div>

<form>
  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div uk-form-custom="target: true">
      <select aria-label="Custom controls">
        <option value="1">Option 01</option>
        <option value="2">Option 02</option>
        <option value="3">Option 03</option>
        <option value="4">Option 04</option>
      </select>
      <span></span>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div uk-form-custom="target: > * > span:last-child">
      <select aria-label="Custom controls">
        <option value="1">Option 01</option>
        <option value="2">Option 02</option>
        <option value="3">Option 03</option>
        <option value="4">Option 04</option>
      </select>
      <span class="uk-flex uk-flex-middle uk-link">
        <span class="uk-margin-small-right">
          <uk-icon icon="pencil-line"></uk-icon>
        </span>
        <span></span>
      </span>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="uk-margin">
    <div uk-form-custom="target: > * > span:first-child">
      <select aria-label="Custom controls">
        <option value="">Please select...</option>
        <option value="1">Option 01</option>
        <option value="2">Option 02</option>
        <option value="3">Option 03</option>
        <option value="4">Option 04</option>
      </select>
      <button class="uk-button uk-button-default" type="button" tabindex="-1">
        <span></span>
        <span class="uk-margin-small-left">
          <uk-icon icon="chevron-down"></uk-icon>
        </span>
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>
</form>

Component option

You can add this option to the uk-form-custom attribute. Learn more

Option	Value	Default	Description
`target`	CSS selector, Boolean	`false`	Value display target.

Help block

Form text can be created using .uk-form-help and should be explicitly associated with the form control it relates to using the aria-describedby attribute. This will ensure that assistive technologies—such as screen readers—will announce this form text when the user focuses or enters the control.

Name
This is your public display name. It can be your real name or a pseudonym. You can only change this once every 30 days.

<div class="uk-margin">
  <label for="name" class="uk-form-label">Name</label>
  <input
    type="text"
    id="name"
    class="uk-input uk-margin-small-top"
    aria-describedby="name-help-block"
    placeholder="Name"
  />
  <div class="uk-form-help uk-margin-small-top" id="name-help-block">
    This is your public display name. It can be your real name or a pseudonym.
    You can only change this once every 30 days.
  </div>
</div>

Toggle Switch

Use the following toggle switch component to ask for a yes or no type of input from your users without the use of JavaScript.

Toggle me

Checked toggle

Disabled toggle

Disabled checked toggle

<div class="flex items-center space-x-2">
  <input
    class="uk-toggle-switch uk-toggle-switch-primary"
    id="toggle-switch"
    type="checkbox"
  />
  <label class="uk-form-label" for="toggle-switch">Toggle me</label>
</div>

<div class="mt-3 flex items-center space-x-2">
  <input
    class="uk-toggle-switch uk-toggle-switch-primary"
    checked
    id="toggle-checked"
    type="checkbox"
  />
  <label class="uk-form-label" for="toggle-checked">Checked toggle</label>
</div>

<div class="mt-3 flex items-center space-x-2">
  <input
    class="uk-toggle-switch uk-toggle-switch-primary"
    disabled
    id="toggle-disabled"
    type="checkbox"
  />
  <label class="uk-form-label" for="toggle-disabled">Disabled toggle</label>
</div>

<div class="mt-3 flex items-center space-x-2">
  <input
    class="uk-toggle-switch uk-toggle-switch-primary"
    checked
    disabled
    id="toggle-disabled-checked"
    type="checkbox"
  />
  <label class="uk-form-label" for="toggle-disabled-checked"
    >Disabled checked toggle</label
  >
</div>

Style modifiers

There are several style modifiers available. Just add one of the following classes to apply a different look.

Class	Description
`.uk-toggle-switch-primary`	Adds a primary style.
`.uk-toggle-switch-danger`	Adds a destructive style.

<div class="flex flex-wrap gap-3">
  <input
    class="uk-toggle-switch uk-toggle-switch-primary"
    checked
    type="checkbox"
  />
  <input
    class="uk-toggle-switch uk-toggle-switch-danger"
    checked
    type="checkbox"
  />
</div>

JavaScript

Learn more about JavaScript components.

Initialization

UIkit.formCustom(element, options);

Accessibility

Set the appropriate WAI-ARIA roles, states and properties to the Form component.

If no <label> element is associated with the form control, set the aria-label property to the form control to describe its meaning.

<input class="uk-input" type="text" aria-label="…" />

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Usage
States modifiers
Width modifiers
Blank modifier
Layout
Form and icons
Form and grid
Custom controls
Component option
Help block
Toggle Switch
JavaScript
Accessibility

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