10 Best Floating Label Solutions For Better Form UX (2023 Update)

What Is Floating Label?

Floating Label (float label pattern) is a modern UI/UX design concept that has been applied to most operating systems (like iOS & Android) and development frameworks (like Bootstrap).

In general, it floats the label (or placehold text) up above the input after the user focuses on your form field or enters a value. This can be helpful in createing a nice, clean and readable HTML form on your web project.

The Best Floating Label Solution

There are tons of solutions for floating labels on the web today. Here I have collected 10 best JavaScript and Pure CSS solutions to help you create user-friendly floating input labels in your modern form design. Enjoy.

Originally Published June 23 2020, updated Mar 21 2023

Table of contents:

• jQuery Floating Label Plugins
• Vanilla JS Floating Label Libraries
• Pure CSS Floating Label Solutions

Best jQuery Sticky Sidebar Plugins

jQuery Plugin For Text Field Float Label - floatlabels.js

A jQuery plugin to create an animated text label floating within the input text field when the user starts typing

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jQuery Animated Input Field Label Plugin - Label Better

A jQuery plugin for creating a nice, clean and readable form with animated input labels. Once an input field is focused and text is entered the placeholder text fades out and a label with custom placeholder text animates in.

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Floating Labels For Bootstrap 5/4 Form Controls

A CSS/SCSS library that adds floating labels to Bootstrap 5 or Bootstrap 4 form controls like input, textarea, and select.

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jQuery Plugin For Floating Form Input Labels

A jQuery plugin to create the float label pattern that floats the inline label up above the text field when focused. Supports both input field and textarea. Also works with the native placeholder attribute.

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Floating Placeholder Label For Input Field - jQuery floatingLabel

Just another jQuery plugin for floating label pattern that converts the placeholders of your input fields into floating labels when you start typing. With custom animations and easing effects.

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Best Vanilla JS Floating Label Libraries

Pure JavaScript Float Label Pattern For Form Fields – float-labels.js

Just another JavaScript plugin for creating the float label pattern on form fields that support input field, textarea and even select elements. Fully customizable via JavaScript and SCSS.

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Float Label Pattern Implemented In JavaScript – Floatl

A simple, dependency-free JavaScript plugin that lets you implement the familiar Float Label Pattern in form fields (input and textarea) to improve user experience.

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Pure CSS Floating Label Solutions

Floating Input Placeholder In Pure CSS

A pure CSS implementation of the Float Lable Pattern as seen in Android & iOS.

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Pure CSS Floating Labels For Text Fields

With pure CSS and CSS3 transitions, we can create animated & floating labels when a text field is populated with text.

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CSS Only Floating Label For Form Fields

Yet another pure CSS implementation of the ‘Float Label pattern that floats the label up above the form field when the user starts entering a value.

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More Resources:

Looking for more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create floating labels on the web & mobile? See jQuery Floating Label and JavaScript/CSS Floating Label sections for more details.