Floating Labels

by Kevin Pliester

HTML

<div class="container">


  <div class="form-group">
    <label for="date">Datum</label>
    <input type="date" id="date">
  </div>

  <div class="form-group">
    <label for="text">Text</label>
    <input type="text" id="text">
  </div>

</div>

SCSS

$primary: rgba(52, 152, 219, 1);
$text: rgba(236, 240, 241, 1);
$background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
$dark: rgba(44, 62, 80, 1);

* {
  outline: none !important;
  font-family: arial;
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-size: 1em;
}

body {
  color: $text;
  background-color: $background;
}

.container {
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  width: 100%;
  position: fixed;
  max-width: 300px;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.form-group {
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 5em;
}

label {
  top: .5em;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  color: $dark;
  min-width: 5em;
  padding: .2em 0;
  cursor: text;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: $background;
  transition: all .15s ease-in;
  .focus & {
    /* parent with .focus class */
    top: -1.5em;
    font-size: .9em;
    color: $primary;
    background: transparent;
  }
}

input {
  z-index: 3;
  width: 100%;
  border: 0px;
  padding: .5em 0;
  color: $dark;
  cursor: text;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: transparent;
  border-bottom: .1em solid $dark;
  transition: all .15s ease-in;
  .focus & {
    /* parent with .focus class */
    border-bottom: .1em solid $primary;
  }
}

input[type=date] {
  z-index: 1;
}

JavaScript

(function($) {

  $('.form-group').each(function() {
    var this_group = this
    var this_input = $(this_group).find('input')

    this_input.focus(function() {
      $(this_group).addClass('focus')
    })

    this_input.blur(function() {
      if (!this.value) {
        $(this_group).removeClass('focus')
      }
    })
  })

})(jQuery)