Styling forms using CSS3

#subscribe, #login( position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 88%; padding: 18px 6% 60px 6%; margin: 0 0 35px 0; background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border: 1px solid rgba(147, 184, 189,0.8); box-shadow: 0pt 2px 5px rgba(105, 108, 109, 0.7), 0px 0px 8px 5px rgba(208, 223, 226, 0.4) inset; border-radius: 5px ; ) #login( z-index: 22; )

Here we will assign properties to the header:

/**** text ****/ #wrapper h1( font-size: 48px; color: rgb(6, 106, 117); padding: 2px 0 10px 0; font-family: "FranchiseRegular","Arial Narrow ",Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 30px; ) /** Currently only webkit supports background-clip:text; **/ #wrapper h1( background: -webkit-repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, rgb(18, 83, 93) , rgb(18, 83, 93) 20px, rgb(64, 111, 118) 20px, rgb(64, 111, 118) 40px, rgb(18, 83, 93) 40px); -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; -webkit-background-clip: text; ) #wrapper h1:after( content: " "; display:block; width:100%; height:2px; margin-top:10px; background: linear-gradient(left, rgba(147,184,189,0) 0%, rgba(147,184,189,0.8) 20%, rgba( 147,184,189.1) 53%, rgba(147,184,189.0.8) 79%, rgba(147,184,189.0) 100%); )

Note that today only browsers with webkit support background clip: text, so we'll make the webkit-only striped background and anchor it to the H1 header. Since the parameter background clip: text works only in Webkit browsers, I decided to work only with webkit properties. That's why I split the CSS in two and only used the webkit gradient. However, you should not just use webkit on your websites! So, for example, the parameter -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent allows us to have a transparent background, but only for webkit browsers, all other browsers will ignore this property.

We also created a thin line below the title with the :after pseudo-class element. We used a 2px gradient and reduced the opacity on the edges to zero.

Now let's take care of the input fields and give them a nice look.

/**** advanced input styling ****/ /* placeholder */ ::-webkit-input-placeholder ( color: rgb(190, 188, 188); font-style: italic; ) input:-moz- placeholder, textarea:-moz-placeholder( color: rgb(190, 188, 188); font-style: italic; ) input ( outline: none; )

First, we'll style the margins and remove the stroke. But be careful: the stroke helps the user understand which field he is in. If you remove it, then you need to apply the :active and :focus properties.

/* all fields exclude submit and checkbox */ #wrapper input:not()( width: 92%; margin-top: 4px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 32px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); box -sizing: content-box; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px 0px rgba(168, 168, 168, 0.6) inset; transition: all 0.2s linear; ) #wrapper input:not():active , #wrapper input:not():focus( border: 1px solid rgba(91, 90, 90, 0.7); background: rgba(238, 236, 240, 0.2); box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px 0px rgba(168 , 168, 168, 0.9) inset; )

Here we have used the :not pseudo class to style all fields except checkboxes. Also, I decided to remove the stroke and added the :focus and :active properties.

Now it's time to have fun: font with icons. Since we can't use the :before and :after pseudo-classes, we'll add the icon to the label parameter and then place it in the field. I will be using the fontomas library. You can match the icons with the corresponding letter yourself. Remember Attribute data icon? It is in it that you need to insert a letter. I used data-icon='u' for login, 'e' for email, 'p' for password. Once I chose the letters, I downloaded the font and used the fontsquirrel font generator to convert it into a format suitable for @font-face.

@font-face ( font-family: "FontomasCustomRegular"; src: url("fonts/fontomas-webfont.eot"); src: url("fonts/fontomas-webfont.eot?#iefix") format("embedded- opentype"), url("fonts/fontomas-webfont.woff") format("woff"), url("fonts/fontomas-webfont.ttf") format("truetype"), url("fonts/fontomas-webfont .svg#FontomasCustomRegular") format("svg"); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ) /** magic trick! **/ :after ( content: attr(data-icon); font-family: "FontomasCustomRegular"; color: rgb(106, 159, 171); position: absolute; left: 10px; top: 35px; width: 30px; )

That's actually all. You don't need to have a separate class for each icon. We used the parameter content:attr(data-icon) to get the letter from the data-icon attribute. Thus, we only need to assign a font, choose a color and place the icon.

Now let's assign rules to the submit button of the form.

/*style both buttons*/ #wrapper p.button input( width: 30%; cursor: pointer; background: rgb(61, 157, 179); padding: 8px 5px; font-family: "BebasNeueRegular","Arial Narrow ",Arial,sans-serif; color: #fff; font-size: 24px; border: 1px solid rgb(28, 108, 122); margin-bottom: 10px; text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0 , 0, 0.5); border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0px 1px 6px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07) inset, 0px 0px 0px 3px rgb(254, 254, 254), 0px 5px 3px 3px rgb (210, 210, 210); transition: all 0.2s linear; ) #wrapper p.button input:hover( background: rgb(74, 179, 198); ) #wrapper p.button input:active, #wrapper p. button input:focus( background: rgb(40, 137, 154); position: relative; top: 1px; border: 1px solid rgb(12, 76, 87); box-shadow: 0px 1px 6px 4px rgba(0, 0 , 0, 0.2) inset; ) p.login.button, p.signin.button( text-align: right; margin: 5px 0; )

The trick is to use box-shadow to create multiple borders. Naturally, you can use only one frame, but you can also use several. We'll use the length parameter to create a "fake" second white border, 3px wide, with no blur.

Now let's style the checkbox, we won't do anything unusual here:

/* style the "remember me" checkbox*/ .keeplogin( margin-top: -5px; ) .keeplogin input, .keeplogin label( display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; ) .keeplogin input#loginkeeping( margin-right: 5px; ) .keeplogin label( width: 80%; )

Style the footer of the shape using multiple linear gradients to create a striped gradient.

P.change_link( position: absolute; color: rgb(127, 124, 124); left: 0px; height: 20px; width: 440px; padding: 17px 30px 20px 30px; font-size: 16px ; text-align: right; border-top: 1px solid rgb(219, 229, 232); border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px; background: rgb(225, 234, 235); background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, rgb(247, 247, 247) , rgb(247, 247, 247) 15px, rgb(225, 234, 235) 15px, rgb(225, 234, 235) 30px, rgb(247, 247, 247) 30px); ) #wrapper p .change_link a ( display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; background: rgb(247, 248, 241); padding: 2px 6px; color: rgb(29, 162, 193); margin-left: 10px; text -decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(203, 213, 214); transition: all 0.4s linear; ) #wrapper p.change_link a:hover ( color: rgb(57, 191, 215 ); background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border: 1px solid rgb(74, 179, 198); ) #wrapper p.change_link a:active( position: relative; top: 1px; )

Now you can see that we have two nice forms, but we want only one of them to be displayed. It's animation time!

Create an animation

#register( z-index: 21; opacity: 0; )

Remember that the login form has a z-index: 22? On the second form, we will assign this parameter to 21 to put it “under” the login form.

Now for the fun part: swapping shapes around using the :target pseudo class. There's one thing you need to understand about :target: we'll be using anchors to navigate. The normal behavior of an anchor is to jump to a specific page element. But we don't want that, we just want to swap the shapes around. This is where our trick of using two links at the top of the page comes to the rescue. Instead of taking us directly to the second form, at the risk of experiencing a “jump” effect, we will give the links a parameter display: none. This will help you avoid jumping. I found this trick on the site: CSS3 create (French).

#toregister:target ~ #wrapper #register, #tologin:target ~ #wrapper #login( z-index: 22; animation-name: fadeInLeft; animation-delay: .1s; )

Here's what happens: when we click on the button Join, we are heading to #toregister. Then the animation takes place and only then we go to the #register element. We use animation called fadeInLeft. Since we're "hiding" the shape using zero opacity, we'll apply an animation that will fade in. We also changed the z-index so that it appears on top of the other shape. Same thing happens for the other form.
Here is the animation code. We used Dan Eden's CSS3 animation framework and adapted this framework for our tutorial.

Animate( animation-duration: 0.5s; animation-timing-function: ease; animation-fill-mode: both; ) @keyframes fadeInLeft ( 0% ( opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-20px); ) 100% ( opacity : 1; transform: translateX(0); ) )

The shape that "disappears" will have a fade animation to the left:

#toregister:target ~ #wrapper #login, #tologin:target ~ #wrapper #register( animation-name: fadeOutLeftBig; ) @keyframes fadeOutLeft ( 0% ( opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0); ) 100% ( opacity : 0; transform: translateX(-20px); ) )

Now you can use Dan Eden's other animations with the animate.css file: just change the .animate class and animation names. You will also find several other animations at the end of the animate-custom.css file.

That's all, friends. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Note that in some browsers the option background clip: text not supported. Animations do not work in Internet Explorer 9. In Internet Explorer 8 and below, the :target pseudo-class is not supported, so this effect will not work at all there.

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