---
category: Input
created: '2019-11-29'
description: Create an upload button with CSS flexbox
keywords: css file input, css flexbox, css upload button
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/upload-button.png
title: Upload button
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="upload-button">
    <!-- The real file input -->
    <input type="file" class="upload-button__input" />

    <!-- The upload icon -->
    <div class="upload-button__icon">...</div>

    <!-- The label -->
    ...
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.upload-button {
    /* Used to position the input */
    position: relative;

    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;

    /* Border */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
}

.upload-button__input {
    /* Take the full size */
    height: 100%;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    width: 100%;

    /* Make it transparent */
    opacity: 0;
}

.upload-button__icon {
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.lines {
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.line {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
}
.line.line--20 {
    width: 20%;
}
.line.line--40 {
    width: 40%;
}
.line.line--60 {
    width: 60%;
}
.line.line--80 {
    width: 80%;
}
.line.line--100 {
    width: 100%;
}
```

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

.upload-button {
    /* Used to position the input */
    position: relative;

    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;

    /* Border */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;

    /* Demo */
    width: 8rem;
}

.upload-button__input {
    /* Take the full size */
    height: 100%;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    width: 100%;

    /* Make it transparent */
    opacity: 0;
}

.upload-button__icon {
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
}
.upload-button__svg {
    fill: none;
    height: 1.5rem;
    stroke: #d1d5db;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    stroke-width: 1;
    width: 1.5rem;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="upload-button">
    <input type="file" class="upload-button__input" />
    <div class="upload-button__icon">
        <svg class="upload-button__svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
            <path d="M18.5,7.5c0.275,0,0.341-0.159,0.146-0.354l-6.292-6.292c-0.195-0.196-0.512-0.196-0.707-0.001 c0,0-0.001,0.001-0.001,0.001L5.354,7.147C5.154,7.342,5.225,7.501,5.5,7.501h3v10c0,0.552,0.448,1,1,1h5c0.552,0,1-0.448,1-1V7.5 H18.5z M23.5,18.5v4c0,0.552-0.448,1-1,1h-21c-0.552,0-1-0.448-1-1v-4"></path>
        </svg>
    </div>

    <div class="lines">
        <div class="line line--20"></div>
        <div class="line line--80"></div>
        <div class="line line--40"></div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>