How do I put a clear button inside my HTML text input box like the iPhone does?

Question

I want to have a nice little icon that, when clicked will clear the text in the box.

This is to save space rather than having a clear link outside of t

Answer 1

@Mahmoud Ali Kaseem

I have just changed some CSS to make it look different and added focus();

https://jsfiddle.net/xn9eogmx/81/

$('#clear').click(function() {
  $('#input-outer input').val('');
  $('#input-outer input').focus();
});

body {
  font-family: "Arial";
  font-size: 14px;
}
#input-outer {
  height: 2em;
  width: 15em;
  border: 1px #777 solid;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0px;
  border-radius: 4px;
}
#input-outer input {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  border: 0px;
  outline: none;
  margin: 0 0 0 0px;
  color: #666;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 5px;
  padding-right: 35px;
  border-radius: 4px;
}
#clear {
  position: absolute;
  float: right;
  height: 2em;
  width: 2em;
  top: 0px;
  right: 0px;
  background: #aaa;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: 0px 4px 4px 0px;
}
#clear:after {
  content: "\274c";
  position: absolute;
  top: 4px;
  right: 7px;
}
#clear:hover,
#clear:focus {
  background: #888;
}
#clear:active {
  background: #666;
}