Forms
Examples of building forms with Tailwind CSS.
Tailwind doesn't include purpose-built form control classes out of the box, but form controls are easy to style using existing utilities.
Here are a few examples to help you get an idea of how to build components like this using Tailwind.
Login Form
©2020 Acme Corp. All rights reserved.
<div class="w-full max-w-xs">
<form class="bg-white shadow-md rounded px-8 pt-6 pb-8 mb-4">
<div class="mb-4">
<label class="block text-gray-700 text-sm font-bold mb-2" for="username">
Username
</label>
<input class="shadow appearance-none border rounded w-full py-2 px-3 text-gray-700 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" id="username" type="text" placeholder="Username">
</div>
<div class="mb-6">
<label class="block text-gray-700 text-sm font-bold mb-2" for="password">
Password
</label>
<input class="shadow appearance-none border border-red-500 rounded w-full py-2 px-3 text-gray-700 mb-3 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" id="password" type="password" placeholder="******************">
<p class="text-red-500 text-xs italic">Please choose a password.</p>
</div>
<div class="flex items-center justify-between">
<button class="bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-700 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" type="button">
Sign In
</button>
<a class="inline-block align-baseline font-bold text-sm text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-800" href="#">
Forgot Password?
</a>
</div>
</form>
<p class="text-center text-gray-500 text-xs">
©2020 Acme Corp. All rights reserved.
</p>
</div>Inline Form
<form class="w-full max-w-sm">
<div class="md:flex md:items-center mb-6">
<div class="md:w-1/3">
<label class="block text-gray-500 font-bold md:text-right mb-1 md:mb-0 pr-4" for="inline-full-name">
Full Name
</label>
</div>
<div class="md:w-2/3">
<input class="bg-gray-200 appearance-none border-2 border-gray-200 rounded w-full py-2 px-4 text-gray-700 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-purple-500" id="inline-full-name" type="text" value="Jane Doe">
</div>
</div>
<div class="md:flex md:items-center mb-6">
<div class="md:w-1/3">
<label class="block text-gray-500 font-bold md:text-right mb-1 md:mb-0 pr-4" for="inline-password">
Password
</label>
</div>
<div class="md:w-2/3">
<input class="bg-gray-200 appearance-none border-2 border-gray-200 rounded w-full py-2 px-4 text-gray-700 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-purple-500" id="inline-password" type="password" placeholder="******************">
</div>
</div>
<div class="md:flex md:items-center mb-6">
<div class="md:w-1/3"></div>
<label class="md:w-2/3 block text-gray-500 font-bold">
<input class="mr-2 leading-tight" type="checkbox">
<span class="text-sm">
Send me your newsletter!
</span>
</label>
</div>
<div class="md:flex md:items-center">
<div class="md:w-1/3"></div>
<div class="md:w-2/3">
<button class="shadow bg-purple-500 hover:bg-purple-400 focus:shadow-outline focus:outline-none text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded" type="button">
Sign Up
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>Form Grid
<form class="w-full max-w-lg">
<div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 mb-6">
<div class="w-full md:w-1/2 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
<label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-700 text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-first-name">
First Name
</label>
<input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 border border-red-500 rounded py-3 px-4 mb-3 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white" id="grid-first-name" type="text" placeholder="Jane">
<p class="text-red-500 text-xs italic">Please fill out this field.</p>
</div>
<div class="w-full md:w-1/2 px-3">
<label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-700 text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-last-name">
Last Name
</label>
<input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 border border-gray-200 rounded py-3 px-4 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-gray-500" id="grid-last-name" type="text" placeholder="Doe">
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 mb-6">
<div class="w-full px-3">
<label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-700 text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-password">
Password
</label>
<input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 border border-gray-200 rounded py-3 px-4 mb-3 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-gray-500" id="grid-password" type="password" placeholder="******************">
<p class="text-gray-600 text-xs italic">Make it as long and as crazy as you'd like</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 mb-2">
<div class="w-full md:w-1/3 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
<label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-700 text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-city">
City
</label>
<input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 border border-gray-200 rounded py-3 px-4 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-gray-500" id="grid-city" type="text" placeholder="Albuquerque">
</div>
<div class="w-full md:w-1/3 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
<label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-700 text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-state">
State
</label>
<div class="relative">
<select class="block appearance-none w-full bg-gray-200 border border-gray-200 text-gray-700 py-3 px-4 pr-8 rounded leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-gray-500" id="grid-state">
<option>New Mexico</option>
<option>Missouri</option>
<option>Texas</option>
</select>
<div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex items-center px-2 text-gray-700">
<svg class="fill-current h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path d="M9.293 12.95l.707.707L15.657 8l-1.414-1.414L10 10.828 5.757 6.586 4.343 8z"/></svg>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="w-full md:w-1/3 px-3 mb-6 md:mb-0">
<label class="block uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-700 text-xs font-bold mb-2" for="grid-zip">
Zip
</label>
<input class="appearance-none block w-full bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 border border-gray-200 rounded py-3 px-4 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:bg-white focus:border-gray-500" id="grid-zip" type="text" placeholder="90210">
</div>
</div>
</form>Underline Form
<form class="w-full max-w-sm">
<div class="flex items-center border-b border-teal-500 py-2">
<input class="appearance-none bg-transparent border-none w-full text-gray-700 mr-3 py-1 px-2 leading-tight focus:outline-none" type="text" placeholder="Jane Doe" aria-label="Full name">
<button class="flex-shrink-0 bg-teal-500 hover:bg-teal-700 border-teal-500 hover:border-teal-700 text-sm border-4 text-white py-1 px-2 rounded" type="button">
Sign Up
</button>
<button class="flex-shrink-0 border-transparent border-4 text-teal-500 hover:text-teal-800 text-sm py-1 px-2 rounded" type="button">
Cancel
</button>
</div>
</form>Custom Select
<div class="inline-block relative w-64">
<select class="block appearance-none w-full bg-white border border-gray-400 hover:border-gray-500 px-4 py-2 pr-8 rounded shadow leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline">
<option>Really long option that will likely overlap the chevron</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
<div class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex items-center px-2 text-gray-700">
<svg class="fill-current h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path d="M9.293 12.95l.707.707L15.657 8l-1.414-1.414L10 10.828 5.757 6.586 4.343 8z"/></svg>
</div>
</div>
