Responsive Engine: adding overlay icon in text Input V2
In this Bubble tutorial video we explore one way to adding a Font Awesome icon to your text Input fields.
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Creating a Responsive Input Field with Icon Overlay
In a previous video, I demonstrated how to get this effect where you place an icon within an input field. This method uses the input field's horizontal padding, leaving 30 pixels between the edge and the text. However, when you add a lot of random text, you end up with an unnecessary 30 pixels on the other side. Here's another approach to achieve this effect.
Setting Up the Group Container
We're going to use a group and set it as a row with 100% width and a fixed height of 54 pixels. Why 54? Because that's the height of the input field we're trying to mimic. We'll also set the roundness of the corners to 6 and apply our background color. Let's check if everything's working correctly. We're essentially building what appears to be an input field using a group, but it's actually an input field nestled within a group.
Adding the Icon
Let's add in the icon. Since we're creating a password field, we'll use a lock icon. We'll center it and apply some padding to the left and right of the container group to achieve a look similar to our previous version.
Inserting and Styling the Input Field
Now, let's put in an input field. We want to disguise this input field, so we'll remove a lot of the styling, including all of the conditional styling for now. We'll set the font color, remove the background, borders, border radius, and horizontal padding. We'll also remove the size constraint because we want it to fill up all the remaining space. However, we'll set its height to 54 pixels so that it fits neatly within the group.
Adjusting Spacing and Alignment
Lastly, let's apply a gap space between the elements. We'll start with 15 pixels and see how it looks. Although it's technically the same width on either side, I'm going to reduce it down to 10 pixels on the right side because it looks slightly more pleasing to the eye.
Advantages and Considerations
This version won't have the same issue as the previous one, but it does take a little longer to build. It's important to note that if you need to add conditional statements, such as validating an email address, you'll have to apply those conditions to the group. Otherwise, the styling will only affect part of the element, which would look a bit odd.
This is version 2 of how to place an icon within an input field, offering a more flexible and visually consistent approach.
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