Materialize CSS Form

Forms are used as a standard way to receive user inputted data. Materialize CSS provides a very beautiful and responsive CSS for form designing. The transitions and smoothness of these elements are very important because of the inherent user interaction associated with forms.

Index	Class name	Description
1)	input-field	It is used to set the div container as an input field container. Required.
2)	validate	It is used to add validation styles to an input field.
3)	active	It is used to show an input with active style.
4)	materialize-textarea	It is used to style a text-area. The text-areas will auto resize to the text inside.
5)	filled-in	It show a checkbox with filled box style.

Example

Let's take an example to demonstrate the use of input classes to showcase a sample form.

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The Materialize Form Example</title>
      <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width, initial-scale = 1">      
      <link rel = "stylesheet"
         href = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
      <link rel = "stylesheet"
         href = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/css/materialize.min.css">
      <script type = "text/javascript"
         src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>           
      <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.97.3/js/materialize.min.js">
      </script> 
   </head>
   
   <body class = "container">   
      <div class = "row">
         <form class = "col s12">
            <div class = "row">
               <div class = "input-field col s6">
                  <i class = "material-icons prefix">account_circle</i>
                  <input placeholder = "Username" value = "Ajeet" id = "name"
                     type = "text" class = "active validate" required />
                  <label for = "name">Username</label>
               </div>
               
               <div class = "input-field col s6">      
                  <label for = "password">Password</label>
                  <input id = "password" type = "password" placeholder = "Password"
                     class = "validate" required />          
               </div>
            </div>
            
            <div class = "row">
               <div class = "input-field col s12">
                  <input placeholder = "Email" id = "email" type = "email"
                     class = "validate">
                  <label for = "email">Email</label>
               </div>
            </div>
            
            <div class = "row">
               <div class = "input-field col s12">
                  <i class = "material-icons prefix">mode_edit</i>
                  <textarea id = "address" class = "materialize-textarea"></textarea>
                  <label for = "address">Address</label>
               </div>
            </div>
            
            <div class = "row">
               <div class = "input-field col s12">
                  <input placeholder = "Comments (Disabled)" id = "comments"
                     type = "text" disabled />
                  <label for = "comments">Comments</label>
               </div>
            </div>
            
            <div class = "row">
               <div class = "input-field col s12">
                  <p>
                     <input id = "married" type = "checkbox" class = "filled-in" />
                     <label for = "married">Married</label>
                  </p>
                  
                  <p>
                     <input id = "single" type = "checkbox" checked = "checked" />
                     <label for = "single">Single</label>
                  </p>
                  
                  <p>
                     <input id = "dontknow" type = "checkbox" disabled = "disabled" />              
                     <label for = "dontknow">Don't know (Disabled)</label>
                  </p>
               </div>
            </div>
            
            <div class = "row">
               <div class = "input-field col s12">
                   <p>
                     <input id = "male" type = "radio" name = "gender"
                        value = "male" checked />
                     <label for = "male">Male</label>
                  </p>
                  
                  <p>
                     <input id = "female" type = "radio" name = "gender"
                        value = "female"  />
                     <label for = "female">Female</label>
                  </p>
                  
                  <p>
                     <input id = "dontknow1" type = "radio" name = "gender"
                        value = "female" disabled />
                     <label for = "dontknow1">Don't know (Disabled)</label>
                  </p>
               </div>
            </div>           
         </form>       
      </div>
   </body>   
</html>

Test it Now

Output:

List of Input Control

Materialize CSS offers several types of input controls. Following is a list:

Index	Input types	Description
1)	select	It specifies various types of selects inputs
2)	switches	It specifies various types of switches
3)	file	It specifies various types of file inputs
4)	range	It specifies various types of range inputs
4)	date picker	It specifies date picker
5)	character counter	It specifies character counter