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How do I visually place a button inside an input element as shown below?
The user should be able to interact with the input as normal. The text shouldn't go behind the button, even when it's long. Focus should work correctly. The form should be accessible and work correctly in screen readers. The whole component should be styleable with CSS, and should be able to easily resize to fit the space available.
How do I accomplish this with modern CSS?

Answer 1

The button isn't inside the input. Here:
input[type="text"] {
width: 200px;
height: 20px;
padding-right: 50px;
}
input[type="submit"] {
margin-left: -50px;
height: 20px;
width: 50px;
}
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/s5GVh/

Answer 2

Use a Flexbox, and put the border on the form.
The best way to do this now (2022) is with a flexbox.
Put the border on the containing element (in this case I've used the form, but you could use a div).
Use a flexbox layout to arrange the input and the button side by side. Allow the input to stretch to take up all available space.
Now hide the input by removing its border.
Run the snippet below to see what you get.
form {
/* This bit sets up the horizontal layout */
display:flex;
flex-direction:row;
/* This bit draws the box around it */
border:1px solid grey;
/* I've used padding so you can see the edges of the elements. */
padding:1px;
}
input {
/* Tell the input to use all the available space */
flex-grow:2;
/* And hide the input's outline, so the form looks like the outline */
border:none;
}
/* remove the input focus blue box, it will be in the wrong place. */
input:focus {
outline: none;
}
/* Add the focus effect to the form so it contains the button */
form:focus-within {
outline: 1px solid blue
}
button {
/* Just a little styling to make it pretty */
border:1px solid blue;
background:blue;
color:white;
}
<form>
<input />
<button>Go</button>
</form>
Why this is good
It will stretch to any width.
The button will always be just as big as it needs to be. It won't stretch if the screen is wide, or shrink if the screen is narrow.
The input text will not go behind the button.
Caveats and Browser Support
There's limited Flexbox support in IE9, so the button will not be on the right of the form. IE9 has not been supported by Microsoft for some years now, so I'm personally quite comfortable with this.
I've used minimal styling here. I've left in the padding to show the edges of things. You can obviously make this look however you want it to look with rounded corners, drop shadows, etc..

Answer 3

.flexContainer {
display: flex;
}
.inputField {
flex: 1;
}
<div class="flexContainer">
<input type="password" class="inputField">
<button type="submit"><img src="arrow.png" alt="Arrow Icon"></button>
</div>

Answer 4

I found a great code for you:
HTML
<form class="form-wrapper cf">
<input type="text" placeholder="Search here..." required>
<button type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
CSS
/*Clearing Floats*/
.cf:before, .cf:after {
content:"";
display:table;
}
.cf:after {
clear:both;
}
.cf {
zoom:1;
}
/* Form wrapper styling */
.form-wrapper {
width: 450px;
padding: 15px;
margin: 150px auto 50px auto;
background: #444;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.2);
border-radius: 10px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.4) inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2);
}
/* Form text input */
.form-wrapper input {
width: 330px;
height: 20px;
padding: 10px 5px;
float: left;
font: bold 15px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
border: 0;
background: #eee;
border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
}
.form-wrapper input:focus {
outline: 0;
background: #fff;
box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0,0,0,.8) inset;
}
.form-wrapper input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #999;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: italic;
}
.form-wrapper input:-moz-placeholder {
color: #999;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: italic;
}
.form-wrapper input:-ms-input-placeholder {
color: #999;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: italic;
}
/* Form submit button */
.form-wrapper button {
overflow: visible;
position: relative;
float: right;
border: 0;
padding: 0;
cursor: pointer;
height: 40px;
width: 110px;
font: bold 15px/40px 'lucida sans', 'trebuchet MS', 'Tahoma';
color: #fff;
text-transform: uppercase;
background: #d83c3c;
border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0 ,0, .3);
}
.form-wrapper button:hover {
background: #e54040;
}
.form-wrapper button:active,
.form-wrapper button:focus {
background: #c42f2f;
outline: 0;
}
.form-wrapper button:before { /* left arrow */
content: '';
position: absolute;
border-width: 8px 8px 8px 0;
border-style: solid solid solid none;
border-color: transparent #d83c3c transparent;
top: 12px;
left: -6px;
}
.form-wrapper button:hover:before {
border-right-color: #e54040;
}
.form-wrapper button:focus:before,
.form-wrapper button:active:before {
border-right-color: #c42f2f;
}
.form-wrapper button::-moz-focus-inner { /* remove extra button spacing for Mozilla Firefox */
border: 0;
padding: 0;
}
Demo: On fiddle
Source: Speckyboy

Answer 5

This is the cleanest way to do in bootstrap v3.
<div class="form-group">
<div class="input-group">
<input type="text" name="search" class="form-control" placeholder="Search">
<span><button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button></span>
</div>
</div>

Answer 6

This can be achieved using inline-block
JS fiddle here
<html>
<body class="body">
<div class="form">
<form class="email-form">
<input type="text" class="input">
Button
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<style>
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px;
color: #333;
}
.form {
display: block;
margin: 0 0 15px;
}
.email-form {
display: block;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 20px;
}
.button {
height: 40px;
display: inline-block;
padding: 9px 15px;
background-color: grey;
color: white;
border: 0;
line-height: inherit;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
.input {
display: inline-block;
width: 200px;
height: 40px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
padding: 9px 12px;
color: #333333;
vertical-align: middle;
background-color: #ffffff;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
margin: 0;
line-height: 1.42857143;
}
</style>