How to make a vertical input field? - html

Question

This is what I want. A vertical input field, the 'x' is the close button:
This is what I have so far:
*{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
html,body{
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
.sidenav{
height:100%;
width:20%;
background:#111;
overflow-x:hidden;
box-sizing:border-box;
padding:calc((20% - 50px)/2);
}
.sidenav a{
position:relative;
bottom:18px;
font-size:90px;
color:#818181;
}
<div class='sidenav''>
<a>&times</a>
</div>
I know how to make a regular, bare-boned html input field:
<form>
<input type=text placeholder='enter name'></input>
<input type='submit' id='submit'></input>
</form>
EDIT: I want to integrate it to make a stylistically uniform, like this search bar from CodePen:

Answer 1

What you're looking for is transform: rotate().This takes a value in degrees, so you can rotate either to the left or to the right. rotate(90deg) goes from top to bottom, rotate(-90deg) goes from bottom to top.
You'll also probably want to make use of transform-origin to choose where the rotation gets based from, in order for the rotated text to align at the correct position.
Here's a minimal example:
input[type="text"] {
transform: rotate(-90deg);
transform-origin: left 0;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
}
<input type='text' placeholder='enter name'>
And here's a (rough) working example. Maximise the snippet to see it positioned correctly. You may need to adapt the positioning based on your page layout.
input[type="text"] {
position: absolute;
bottom: -150%;
left: 25%;
transform: rotate(-90deg);
transform-origin: left 0;
}
form {
position: relative;
}
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html,
body {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.sidenav {
height: 100%;
width: 20%;
background: #111;
overflow-x: hidden;
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: calc((20% - 50px)/2);
}
.sidenav a {
position: relative;
bottom: 18px;
font-size: 90px;
color: #818181;
}
<div class='sidenav'>
<form>
<input type='text' placeholder='enter name '>
<a>&times</a>
</form>
</div>
Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

you may take a look at writing-mode.
The writing-mode CSS property defines whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically and the direction in which blocks progress.
About MSIE https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms531187(v=vs.85).aspx
.sideway {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
writing-mode: sideways-lr;/* FF*/
background: gray;
padding: 0.25em;
vertical-align:top;
}
form {
border: solid gray
}
<form><span class="sideway">
<input type=text placeholder='enter name' size=8/>
<input type='submit' id='X'/>
</span>
</form>
<edit> Chrome does not apply writing-mode on form element (bug?)
Work around possible: demo
.sideway {
font-size: 3em;
margin: 0 1em 0 0;
white-space: nowrap;
background: #333;
padding: 0.25em 0;
float: left;
width: 2em;
}
.sideway span {
vertical-align: top;
display: inline-block;
transform: translatey(100%) rotate(270deg);
transform-origin: 0 0;
}
.sideway span:before {
content: '';
padding-top: 100%;
float: left;
}
input {
font-size: 1em;
color: gray;
background: none;
border: none;
line-height: 0.8em;
vertical-align: middle;
outline: none;
}
[type="submit"] {
font-size: 2em;
vertical-align: middle;
width:1em;
}
form {
overflow: hidden;
border: solid #333 0.5em;
}
p {
overflow: hidden;
margin: 1em;
}
<form>
<p class="sideway">
<span>
<input type=text placeholder='enter name' size=8/>
<input type='submit' id='submit' value='&times'/>
</span>
</p>
<p>whatever else comes in your form</p>
</form>