Angular Bootstrap input groups

Angular Input Groups - Bootstrap 4 & Material Design

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Angular Bootstrap input group is a field used for collecting data entered by users. It usually contains buttons, text areas or other inputs.


Basic example

Default input groups

Default styling for Angular Bootstrap Input Group component:

@
@example.com
https://example.com/users/
$
.00
With textarea


            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon1">@</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" aria-label="Username" aria-describedby="basic-addon1">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username"
                aria-describedby="basic-addon2">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon2">@example.com</span>
              </div>
            </div>

            <label for="basic-url">Your vanity URL</label>
            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon3">https://example.com/users/</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" id="basic-url" aria-describedby="basic-addon3">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text">$</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <span class="input-group-text">.00</span>
              </div>
            </div>

            <div class="input-group">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text">With textarea</span>
              </div>
              <textarea class="form-control" aria-label="With textarea"></textarea>
            </div>

          

Material input groups

Material Design styling for Angular Bootstrap Input Group component:

@
@example.com
https://example.com/users/
$
.00
With textarea


            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon" id="material-addon1">@</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" aria-label="Username" aria-describedby="material-addon1">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-4">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username"
                aria-describedby="material-addon2">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon" id="material-addon2">@example.com</span>
              </div>
            </div>

            <label class="mb-0 ml-2" for="material-url">Your vanity URL</label>
            <div class="md-form input-group mt-0 mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon" id="material-addon3">https://example.com/users/</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" id="material-url" aria-describedby="material-addon3">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">$</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">.00</span>
              </div>
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">With textarea</span>
              </div>
              <textarea class="md-textarea form-control" aria-label="With textarea"></textarea>
            </div>

          

Sizing

When you add the relative form sizing classes to the .input-group itself, the contents within will automatically resize — so no need for repeating the form control size classes on each element.

Sizing on the individual input group elements isn’t supported.

Default input group

Small
Default
Large


            <div class="input-group input-group-sm mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-sm">Small</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-sm">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-default">Default</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-default">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text" id="inputGroup-sizing-lg">Large</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroup-sizing-lg">
            </div>

          

Material input group

Small
Default
Large


            <div class="md-form input-group input-group-sm mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon" id="inputGroupMaterial-sizing-sm">Small</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroupMaterial-sizing-sm">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon" id="inputGroupMaterial-sizing-default">Default</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroupMaterial-sizing-default">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group input-group-lg">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon" id="inputGroupMaterial-sizing-lg">Large</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Sizing example input" aria-describedby="inputGroupMaterial-sizing-lg">
            </div>

          

Checkboxes and radios

Place any checkbox or radio option within an input group’s addon instead of text.

Default input group MDB Pro component



            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text" style="height: 38px;">
                  <mdb-checkbox class="mt-2"></mdb-checkbox>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with checkbox" />
            </div>
            
            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text" style="height: 38px;">
                  <mdb-checkbox [filledIn]="true" class="mt-2"></mdb-checkbox>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with checkbox" />
            </div>
            
            <div class="input-group">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text" style="height: 38px;">
                  <input
                    class="form-check-input"
                    type="radio"
                    name="exampleRadios"
                    id="exampleRadios1"
                    value="option1"
                  />
                  <label class="form-check-label" for="exampleRadios1"></label>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with radio button" />
            </div>
            
          

Material input group MDB Pro component



            <div class="md-form input-group mt-0 mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text md-addon">
                  <mdb-checkbox></mdb-checkbox>
                  <label class="form-check-label" for="materialCheckbox11"></label>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with checkbox">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text md-addon">
                  <mdb-checkbox [filledIn]="true"></mdb-checkbox>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with checkbox">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-0">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text md-addon">
                  <input class="form-check-input" type="radio" name="exampleRadios" id="exampleRadios111" value="option2">
                  <label class="form-check-label" for="exampleRadios111"></label>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with radio button">
            </div>

          

Multiple inputs

While multiple <input>s are supported visually, validation styles are only available for input groups with a single <input>.

Default input group

First and last name


            <div class="input-group">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text">First and last name</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" aria-label="First name" class="form-control">
              <input type="text" aria-label="Last name" class="form-control">
            </div>

          

Material input group

First and last name


            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">First and last name</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" aria-label="First name" class="form-control" placeholder="Type sth">
              <input type="text" aria-label="Last name" class="form-control" placeholder="Type sth">
            </div>

          

Multiple addons

Multiple add-ons are supported and can be mixed with checkbox and radio input versions.

Default input group

$ 0.00
$ 0.00


            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text">$</span>
                <span class="input-group-text">0.00</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <span class="input-group-text">$</span>
                <span class="input-group-text">0.00</span>
              </div>
            </div>

          

Material input group

$ 0.00
$ 0.00


            <div class="md-form input-group mt-0 mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">$</span>
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">0.00</span>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-0">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Dollar amount (with dot and two decimal places)">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">$</span>
                <span class="input-group-text md-addon">0.00</span>
              </div>
            </div>

          

Button addons

Default input group



            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <button mdbBtn color="primary" outline="true" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" id="button-addon1"
                  mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="" aria-label="Example text with button addon"
                aria-describedby="button-addon1">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username"
                aria-describedby="button-addon2">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <button mdbBtn color="default" outline="true" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" id="button-addon2"
                  mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
            </div>

            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend" id="button-addon3">
                <button mdbBtn color="secondary" outline="true" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button"
                  mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
                <button mdbBtn color="secondary" outline="true" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button"
                  mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="" aria-label="Example text with two button addons"
                aria-describedby="button-addon3">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username with two button addons"
                aria-describedby="button-addon4">
              <div class="input-group-append" id="button-addon4">
                <button mdbBtn color="info" outline="true" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
                <button mdbBtn color="info" outline="true" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
            </div>

          

Material input group



            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <button mdbBtn color="primary" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" id="button-addon1"
                  mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="" aria-label="Example text with button addon"
                aria-describedby="button-addon1">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username"
                aria-describedby="button-addon2">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <button mdbBtn color="default" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" id="button-addon2"
                  mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend" id="button-addon3">
                <button mdbBtn color="secondary" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
                <button mdbBtn color="secondary" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="" aria-label="Example text with two button addons"
                aria-describedby="button-addon3">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username with two button addons"
                aria-describedby="button-addon4">
              <div class="input-group-append" id="button-addon4">
                <button mdbBtn color="info" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
                <button mdbBtn color="info" size="md" class="m-0 px-3 py-2" type="button" mdbWavesEffect>Button</button>
              </div>
            </div>

          


Segmented buttons

Default input group



            <div class="input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="btn-group" mdbDropdown>
                  <button type="button" mdbBtn color="primary" outline="true" size="md" class="z-depth-0"
                    mdbWavesEffect>Action</button>
                  <button type="button" mdbDropdownToggle mdbBtn color="primary" outline="true" class="dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split z-depth-0 p-2"
                    mdbWavesEffect></button>
                  <div class="dropdown-menu">
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                    <div class="divider dropdown-divider"></div>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button">
            </div>

            <div class="input-group">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <div class="btn-group" mdbDropdown>
                  <button type="button" mdbBtn color="info" outline="true" size="md" class="z-depth-0" mdbWavesEffect>Action</button>
                  <button type="button" mdbDropdownToggle mdbBtn color="info" outline="true" class="dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split z-depth-0 p-2"
                    mdbWavesEffect></button>
                  <div class="dropdown-menu">
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                    <div class="divider dropdown-divider"></div>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>

          

Material input group MDB Pro component



            <div class="md-form input-group mb-3">
              <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="btn-group" mdbDropdown>
                  <button type="button" mdbBtn color="elegant" size="md" class="z-depth-0" mdbWavesEffect>Action</button>
                  <button type="button" mdbDropdownToggle mdbBtn color="elegant" class="dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split z-depth-0 p-2"
                    mdbWavesEffect></button>
                  <div class="dropdown-menu">
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                    <div class="divider dropdown-divider"></div>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button">
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-label="Text input with dropdown button">
              <div class="input-group-append">
                <div class="btn-group" mdbDropdown>
                  <button type="button" mdbBtn color="ins" size="md" class="z-depth-0" mdbWavesEffect>Action</button>
                  <button type="button" mdbDropdownToggle mdbBtn color="ins" class="dropdown-toggle dropdown-toggle-split z-depth-0 p-2"
                    mdbWavesEffect></button>
                  <div class="dropdown-menu">
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                    <div class="divider dropdown-divider"></div>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>

          

Accessibility

Screen readers will have trouble with your forms if you don’t include a label for every input. For these input groups, ensure that any additional label or functionality is conveyed to assistive technologies.

The exact technique to be used (<label> elements hidden using the .sr-only class, or use of the aria-label and aria-labelledby attributes, possibly in combination with aria-describedby) and what additional information will need to be conveyed will vary depending on the exact type of interface widget you’re implementing. The examples in this section provide a few suggested, case-specific approaches.

Angular Input Group - API

In this section you will find informations about required modules and available inputs, outputs, methods and events of input group component.


Modules used

In order to speed up your application, you can choose to import only the modules you actually need, instead of importing the entire MDB Angular library. Remember that importing the entire library, and immediately afterwards a specific module, is bad practice, and can cause application errors.

API Reference for MDB Angular Input Groups:
// MDB Angular Pro
import { InputsModule, WavesModule, ButtonsModule } from 'ng-uikit-pro-standard'
// MDB Angular Free
import { InputsModule, WavesModule, ButtonsModule } from 'angular-bootstrap-md'

Angular Input Group - examples & customization


Material buttons input groups MDB Pro component



        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect gradient="peach" class="m-0" type="button">Go!</button>
              </span>
              <input type="search" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for...">
            </div>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <input type="search" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for...">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect gradient="aqua" class="m-0" type="button">Go!</button>
              </span>
            </div>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect color="warning" outline="true" class="m-0" type="button">Go!</button>
              </span>
              <input type="search" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for...">
            </div>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <input type="search" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for...">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect color="success" outline="true" class="m-0" type="button">Go!</button>
              </span>
            </div>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-8">

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect color="indigo" rounded="true" class="m-0" type="button">Hate it!</button>
              </span>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Product name">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect color="pink" rounded="true" class="m-0" type="button">Love it!</button>
              </span>
            </div>

            <div class="md-form input-group">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect color="default" rounded="true" outline="true" class="m-0" type="button">Hate
                  it!</button>
              </span>
              <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Product name">
              <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button mdbBtn mdbWavesEffect color="danger" rounded="true" outline="true" class="m-0" type="button">Love
                  it!</button>
              </span>
            </div>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

      

Colorful input groups

@
$
.00
$ 0.00
@example.com
https://example.com/users/


        <div class="input-group md-form form-sm form-3 pl-0">
          <div class="input-group-prepend">
            <span class="input-group-text amber lighten-3 black-text" id="basic-addon9">@</span>
          </div>
          <input type="text" class="form-control mt-0 amber-border" placeholder="Username" aria-describedby="basic-addon9">
        </div>

        <div class="input-group md-form form-sm form-4 pl-0">
          <div class="input-group-prepend">
            <span class="input-group-text lime lighten-2 black-text">$</span>
          </div>
          <input type="text" class="form-control mt-0 lime-border" aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)">
          <div class="input-group-append">
            <span class="input-group-text lime lighten-2 black-text">.00</span>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="input-group md-form form-sm form-3 pl-0">
          <div class="input-group-prepend">
            <span class="input-group-text red lighten-3 black-text">$</span>
            <span class="input-group-text red lighten-3 black-text">0.00</span>
          </div>
          <input type="text" class="form-control mt-0 red-border" aria-label="Amount (to the nearest dollar)">
        </div>

        <div class="input-group md-form form-sm form-5 pl-0">
          <input type="text" class="form-control mt-0 purple-border" placeholder="Recipient's username"
            aria-describedby="basic-addon12">
          <div class="input-group-append">
            <span class="input-group-text purple lighten-3 black-text" id="basic-addon12">@example.com</span>
          </div>
        </div>

        <label for="basic-url">Your vanity URL</label>
        <div class="input-group md-form form-sm form-3 pl-0">
          <div class="input-group-prepend">
            <span class="input-group-text blue lighten-3 black-text" id="basic-addon33">https://example.com/users/</span>
          </div>
          <input type="text" class="form-control mt-0 blue-border" id="basic-url" aria-describedby="basic-addon33">
        </div>

      


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