---
category: Input
created: '2019-11-22'
description: Create a search box with CSS flexbox
keywords: css flexbox, css search box
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/search-box.png
title: Search box
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="search-box">
    <!-- Text input -->
    <input type="text" class="search-box__input" />

    <!-- Search icon sticks to the left or right -->
    ...
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.search-box {
    display: flex;

    /* If you want to place the icon before the text input */
    flex-direction: row-reverse;

    /* Border */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
}

.search-box__input {
    border-color: transparent;
    /* Take available width */
    flex: 1;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.circle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 9999px;
    height: var(--circle-size);
    width: var(--circle-size);
}
.circle--sm {
    --circle-size: 0.5rem;
}
.circle--md {
    --circle-size: 1.5rem;
}
.circle--lg {
    --circle-size: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.search-box {
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;

    display: flex;
    align-items: center;

    /* Demo */
    padding: 0.25rem;
    width: 16rem;
}

.search-box__input {
    border-color: transparent;

    /* Take available width */
    flex: 1;

    height: 2rem;
    margin-right: 0.25rem;

    /* Demo */
    width: 6rem;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="search-box">
    <input type="text" class="search-box__input" />
    <div class="circle circle--md"></div>
</div>
```
</Playground>