How to create a simple search bar

Web Coding

Sep 6, 2020

1 min read

Learn how to create a simple search bar using only HTML and CSS

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 <title>Document</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
 <input type="text" placeholder="Search..."><button title="search"></button>
</body>
</html>

CSS

body{
 min-height: 100vh;
 display: flex;
 align-items: center;
 justify-content: center;
 background-color: black;
}

input{
 height: 30px;
 font-size: 16px;
 padding: 0 0 0 5px;
 width: 20%;
 border-width: 1px;
 border-color: #9615DB;
 border-style: solid none solid solid;
 border-radius: 6px 0 0 6px;
 outline: none;
 background-color: #d2d3d3;
}

button{
 background-image: url(images/icons8-search.svg);
 background-color: grey;
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 background-size: 45%;
 background-position: center;
 cursor: pointer;
 height: 32px;
 width: 50px;
 outline: none;
 border: none;
 border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
 border-width: 1px;
 border-color: #9615DB;
 border-style: solid solid solid none;
}

button:hover{
 opacity: 0.7;
}

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