Move placeholder above the input on focus

Question

I\'m looking for css code that move the placeholder text above the input on focus. I found this code here. This code is perfect but my input tag is wrapped inside <

Answer 1

With the given links CSS etc, simply move the floating-label inside the blocking-span.

By using position: relative on the div the floating-label will still re-position as if it were outside the blocking-span

div {
  position: relative; /*  make label relate to div  */
  padding-top: 10px;  /*  make space for label      */
}
.inputText {
  font-size: 14px;
  width: 200px;
  height: 25px;
}
.floating-label {
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  left: 15px;
  top: 18px;
  transition: 0.2s ease all;
}
input:focus ~ .floating-label,
input:not(:focus):valid ~ .floating-label {
  top: -6px;
}

<div>
  <span class='blocking-span'>
    <input type="text" class="inputText" required/>
    <span class="floating-label">Your email address</span>
  </span>
</div>

Answer 2

If you change html structure then your reference example is work but if you don't want change html structure then you need to write little jQuery. You can check this.

$(function(){
  $('.blocking-span input').on('focus', function(){
    $(this).parents('.parents-elm').addClass('foucs-content'); // When focus the input area
  });
  $(document).mouseup(function(e){
		if($(e.target).parents('.blocking-span input').length==0 && !$(e.target).is('.blocking-span input')){
			$('.parents-elm').removeClass('foucs-content');
		}
	});
});

div{
  position: relative;
}
.blocking-span{
  display: block;
}
.blocking-span input{
  border: 1px solid #eaeaea;
  height: 80px;
  padding-top: 30px;
  padding-left: 20px;
  padding-right: 20px;
  width: 100%;
}
.floating-label{
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 15px;
  left: 20px;
  line-height: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  top: -webkit-calc(50% - 10px);
  top: -moz-calc(50% - 10px);
  top: calc(50% - 10px);
  transition: top 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
}
.foucs-content .floating-label{
  top: 10px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="parents-elm">
  <span class='blocking-span'>
  <input type="text" class="inputText" />
  </span>
  <span class="floating-label">Your email address</span>
</div>

Answer 3

I have used contact form 7 and it gaves me this additional span. But I already found solution how to block this additional span. There is a filter that can remove this contact form 7 span. Here is the link.

Answer 4

You can use the CSS pseudo-selector :placeholder-shown in this case to detect when to move a fake placeholder out of the way. See example below:

label {
  margin:20px 0;
  position:relative;
  display:inline-block;
}
  
span {
  padding:10px;
  pointer-events: none;
  position:absolute;
  left:0;
  top:0;
  transition: 0.2s;
  transition-timing-function: ease;
  transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.1, 0.25, 1);
  opacity:0.5;
}

input {
  padding:10px;
}

input:focus + span, input:not(:placeholder-shown) + span {
  opacity:1;
  transform: scale(0.75) translateY(-100%) translateX(-30px);
}

/* For IE Browsers*/
input:focus + span, input:not(:-ms-input-placeholder) + span {
  opacity:1;
  transform: scale(0.75) translateY(-100%) translateX(-30px);
}

<label>
  <input placeholder=" ">
  <span>Placeholder Text</span>
</label>