How To Create A Search Box

Create a Search Bar using HTML and CSS

To create a search bar in the navigation bar is easy, just like creating another option in the navbar that will search the database. You need to be careful about the timing of placing the search bar. Make sure separately placed in the navbar. To create a navbar containing a search bar you will need HTML and CSS. The below explanation will guide you stepwise on how to create a search bar. This article contains 2 sections in the first section we will attach the CDN link for icon and will make a basic structure. The second section will design the navbar and the search bar in it.
Creating Structure: In this section, we will just create the basic site structure and also attach the CDN link of the Font-Awesome for the icons which will be used as a search icon in the bar.

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CDN links for the Icons from the Font Awesome:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

HTML code: The HTML code is used to create a structure of navigation bar containing search bar. Since it does not contain CSS so it is just a simple structure. We will use some CSS property to make it attractive.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>

< html >

< head >

< title >

Create a Search Bar using HTML and CSS

</ title >

< meta name = "viewport"

content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >

</ head >

< body >

< div id = "navlist" >

< a href = "#" >Home</ a >

< a href = "#" >Our Products</ a >

< a href = "#" >Careers</ a >

< a href = "#" >About Us</ a >

< a href = "#" >Contact Us</ a >

< div class = "search" >

< form action = "#" >

< input type = "text"

placeholder = " Search Courses"

name = "search" >

< button >

< i class = "fa fa-search"

style = "font-size: 18px;" >

</ i >

</ button >

</ form >

</ div >

< div class = "content" >

< h1 style = "color:green; padding-top:40px;" >

GeeksforGeeks

</ h1 >

< b >

A Computer Science

Portal for Geeks

</ b >

< p >

How many times were you frustrated while

looking out for a good collection of

programming/algorithm/interview questions?

What did you expect and what did you get?

This portal has been created to provide

well written, well thought and well

explained solutions for selected questions.

</ p >

</ div >

</ body >

</ html >

Designing Structure: In the previous section, we created the structure of the basic site where we are going to use the Navigation bar with the search bar with the icon. We will design the structure and attach the icons for each navbar.

CSS code: CSS code is used to make the attractive website. This CSS property is used to make the style on navigation bar containing search bar .

html

< style >

/* styling navlist */

#navlist {

background-color: #0074D9;

position: absolute;

width: 100%;

}

/* styling navlist anchor element */

#navlist a {

float:left;

display: block;

color: #f2f2f2;

text-align: center;

padding: 12px;

text-decoration: none;

font-size: 15px;

}

.navlist-right{

float:right;

}

/* hover effect of navlist anchor element */

#navlist a:hover {

background-color: #ddd;

color: black;

}

/* styling search bar */

.search input[type=text]{

width:300px;

height:25px;

border-radius:25px;

border: none;

}

.search{

float:right;

margin:7px;

}

.search button{

background-color: #0074D9;

color: #f2f2f2;

float: right;

padding: 5px 10px;

margin-right: 16px;

font-size: 12px;

border: none;

cursor: pointer;

}

</ style >

Combining HTML and CSS Code: This is the final code that is the combination of the above two sections. It will be displaying the navigation bar containing search bar.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>

< html >

< head >

< title >

Create a Search Bar using HTML and CSS

</ title >

< meta name = "viewport"

content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >

< link rel = "stylesheet" href =

< style >

/* styling navlist */

#navlist {

background-color: #0074D9;

position: absolute;

width: 100%;

}

/* styling navlist anchor element */

#navlist a {

float:left;

display: block;

color: #f2f2f2;

text-align: center;

padding: 12px;

text-decoration: none;

font-size: 15px;

}

.navlist-right{

float:right;

}

/* hover effect of navlist anchor element */

#navlist a:hover {

background-color: #ddd;

color: black;

}

/* styling search bar */

.search input[type=text]{

width:300px;

height:25px;

border-radius:25px;

border: none;

}

.search{

float:right;

margin:7px;

}

.search button{

background-color: #0074D9;

color: #f2f2f2;

float: right;

padding: 5px 10px;

margin-right: 16px;

font-size: 12px;

border: none;

cursor: pointer;

}

</ style >

</ head >

< body >

< div id = "navlist" >

< a href = "#" >Home</ a >

< a href = "#" >Our Products</ a >

< a href = "#" >Careers</ a >

< a href = "#" >About Us</ a >

< a href = "#" >Contact Us</ a >

< div class = "search" >

< form action = "#" >

< input type = "text"

placeholder = " Search Courses"

name = "search" >

< button >

< i class = "fa fa-search"

style = "font-size: 18px;" >

</ i >

</ button >

</ form >

</ div >

< div class = "content" >

< h1 style = "color:green; padding-top:40px;" >

GeeksforGeeks

</ h1 >

< b >

A Computer Science

Portal for Geeks

</ b >

< p >

How many times were you frustrated while

looking out for a good collection of

programming/algorithm/interview questions?

What did you expect and what did you get?

This portal has been created to provide

well written, well thought and well

explained solutions for selected questions.

</ p >

</ div >

</ body >

</ html >

Output:

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