Bootstrap provides several form control styles, layout options, and custom components for creating a wide variety of forms.

Email address We'll never share your email with anyone else.

Password

Example select 1 2 3 4 5

Example multiple select 1 2 3 4 5

Example textarea

File input This is some placeholder block-level help text for the above input. It's a bit lighter and easily wraps to a new line.

Option one is this and that—be sure to include why it's great

Option two can be something else and selecting it will deselect option one

Option three is disabled

Check me out

Submit

Here are examples of .form-controlapplied to each textual HTML5 <input>type.

The .form-group class is the easiest way to add some structure to forms. Its only purpose is to provide margin-bottom around a label and control pairing. As a bonus, since it’s a class you can use it with fieldset s, div s, or nearly any other element.

Example label

Another label

Use the .form-inline class to to display a series of labels, form controls, and buttons on a single horizontal row.

Visible labels

Name

Email

Send invitation

Hidden labels

Email address

Password

Remember me

Sign in

Amount (in dollars)

$

.00

Transfer cash

For more structured form layouts, you can utilize Bootstrap’s predefined grid classes (or mixins). Add the .row class to form groups and use the .col-* classes to specify the width of your labels and controls. To vertically center the labels with the textual inputs—nearly anything with .form-control —use the .form-control-label class.

Email

Password

Radios

Option one is this and that—be sure to include why it's great

Option two can be something else and selecting it will deselect option one

Option three is disabled

Checkbox

Check me out

Sign in

When you need to place plain text next to a form label within a form, use the .form-control-static class on a <p> .

Email

email@example.com

Password

Email

email@example.com

Password

Confirm identity

Checkboxes are for selecting one or several options in a list, while radios are for selecting one option from many.

Default (stacked)

Inline

1 2 3
1 2 3

Add the disabled boolean attribute on an input to prevent user interactions. Disabled inputs appear lighter and add a not-allowed cursor.

Disabled input

Disabled select menu Disabled select

Can't check this

Submit

Set heights using classes like .form-control-lg , and set widths using grid column classes like .col-lg-* .

Column sizing

Wrap inputs in grid columns, or any custom parent element, to easily enforce desired widths.

Bootstrap includes validation styles for danger, warning, and success states on form controls. To use, add .has-warning , .has-danger , or .has-success to the parent element. Any .form-control-label , .form-control , and .text-help within that element will receive the validation styles.

For even more customization and cross browser consistency, use our completely custom form elements to replace the browser defaults. They’re built on top of semantic and accessible markup, so they’re solid replacements for any default form control.

Checkboxes

Check this custom checkbox

Radios

Toggle this custom radioOr toggle this other custom radio
Check this custom checkboxToggle this custom radio

Validation states

Stacked

Select menu

Open this select menu One Two Three

File browser