How to modify CSS float label on per input basis - css

Question

In my project I am using some CSS code to create a floating label for my form inputs. The original code for the floating label can be found here for reference.
However since this code contains a number of floating label examples I have extracted the compiled CSS for the one I am interested in (balloon) and created an example below with my modifications. Specifically I have added a value to the input fields.
.balloon {
display: inline-block;
width: 600px;
padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
font-weight: 400;
color: #377D6A;
background: #efefef;
border: 0;
border-radius: 3px;
outline: 0;
text-indent: 60px;
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}
.balloon::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #efefef;
text-indent: 0;
font-weight: 300;
}
.balloon + label {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
top: 8px;
left: 0;
bottom: 8px;
padding: 5px 15px;
color: #032429;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: 700;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19, 74, 70, 0);
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
border-radius: 3px;
background: rgba(122, 184, 147, 0);
}
.balloon + label:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
top: 100%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -3px;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
border-right: 3px solid transparent;
border-top: 3px solid rgba(122, 184, 147, 0);
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}
.balloon:focus,
.balloon:active {
color: #377D6A;
text-indent: 0;
background: #fff;
}
.balloon:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder,
.balloon:active::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #aaa;
}
.balloon:focus + label,
.balloon:active + label {
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19, 74, 70, 0.4);
background: #7ab893;
transform: translateY(-40px);
}
.balloon:focus + label:after,
.balloon:active + label:after {
border-top: 4px solid #7ab893;
}
#import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,700,600,300,800);
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
html,
body {
overflow-x: hidden;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-weight: 300;
color: #fff;
background: #efefef;
}
.row {
max-width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 60px 30px;
background: #032429;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
text-align: center;
}
.row:before {
position: absolute;
content: "";
display: block;
top: 0;
left: -5000px;
height: 100%;
width: 15000px;
z-index: -1;
background: inherit;
}
.row:first-child {
padding: 40px 30px;
}
.row span {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
margin: 30px 10px;
}
<div class="row">
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="state" type="text" value="AR" placeholder="Liquid, solid, gaseous..." /><label for="state">State</label>
</span>
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="planet" value="Earth" type="text" placeholder="Probably Earth" /><label for="planet">Planet</label>
</span>
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="galaxy" type="text" value="This is a test" placeholder="Milky Way?" /><label for="galaxy">Guardians of the Galaxy</label>
</span>
</div>
The question I have, if you look at the third input, is how to adjust spacing for the label so they dont overlap. I realize that I can change the text-indent in the balloon class but that will change the spacing for all the inputs.
Is there a way on an individual basis I can adjust the spacing to account for different lengths in labels?

Answer 1

Add an extra class to "Gardians" and style that to have a little more with.
Then (and I can't believe I'm about to say this) use !important on the active text-indent to overcome the extra specificity of the new class.
.balloon {
display: inline-block;
width: 600px;
padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
font-weight: 400;
color: #377D6A;
background: #efefef;
border: 0;
border-radius: 3px;
outline: 0;
text-indent: 60px;
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}
/*Wide Version - can be applied to more elements*/
.balloon.wide {
text-indent: 200px;
}
.balloon::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #efefef;
text-indent: 0;
font-weight: 300;
}
.balloon + label {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
top: 8px;
left: 0;
bottom: 8px;
padding: 5px 15px;
color: #032429;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: 700;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19, 74, 70, 0);
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
border-radius: 3px;
background: rgba(122, 184, 147, 0);
}
.balloon + label:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
top: 100%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -3px;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
border-right: 3px solid transparent;
border-top: 3px solid rgba(122, 184, 147, 0);
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}
.balloon:focus,
.balloon:active {
color: #377D6A;
/*Note !important*/
text-indent: 0 !important;
background: #fff;
}
.balloon:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder,
.balloon:active::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #aaa;
}
.balloon:focus + label,
.balloon:active + label {
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19, 74, 70, 0.4);
background: #7ab893;
transform: translateY(-40px);
}
.balloon:focus + label:after,
.balloon:active + label:after {
border-top: 4px solid #7ab893;
}
#import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,700,600,300,800);
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
html,
body {
overflow-x: hidden;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-weight: 300;
color: #fff;
background: #efefef;
}
.row {
max-width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 60px 30px;
background: #032429;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
text-align: center;
}
.row:before {
position: absolute;
content: "";
display: block;
top: 0;
left: -5000px;
height: 100%;
width: 15000px;
z-index: -1;
background: inherit;
}
.row:first-child {
padding: 40px 30px;
}
.row span {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
margin: 30px 10px;
}
<div class="row">
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="state" type="text" value="AR" placeholder="Liquid, solid, gaseous..." /><label for="state">State</label>
</span>
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="planet" value="Earth" type="text" placeholder="Probably Earth" /><label for="planet">Planet</label>
</span>
<span>
<input class="balloon wide" id="galaxy" type="text" value="This is a test" placeholder="Milky Way?" /><label for="galaxy">Guardians of the Galaxy</label>
</span>
</div>
I normally avoid !important like the plague but in this case it makes sense. You could avoid it by using more specific selectors for your active state
.balloon:focus,
.balloon:active,
.balloon.wide:focus,
.balloon.wide:active, {
color: #377D6A;
text-indent: 0;
background: #fff;
}

Answer 2

target the input value
input[value="This is a test"] {text-indent:170px; }
.balloon {
display: inline-block;
width: 600px;
padding: 10px 0 10px 15px;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans;
font-weight: 400;
color: #377D6A;
background: #efefef;
border: 0;
border-radius: 3px;
outline: 0;
text-indent: 60px;
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}
.balloon::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #efefef;
text-indent: 0;
font-weight: 300;
}
.balloon + label {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
top: 8px;
left: 0;
bottom: 8px;
padding: 5px 15px;
color: #032429;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: 700;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19, 74, 70, 0);
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
border-radius: 3px;
background: rgba(122, 184, 147, 0);
}
.balloon + label:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
top: 100%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -3px;
border-left: 3px solid transparent;
border-right: 3px solid transparent;
border-top: 3px solid rgba(122, 184, 147, 0);
transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}
.balloon:focus,
.balloon:active {
color: #377D6A;
text-indent: 0;
background: #fff;
}
.balloon:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder,
.balloon:active::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #aaa;
}
.balloon:focus + label,
.balloon:active + label {
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(19, 74, 70, 0.4);
background: #7ab893;
transform: translateY(-40px);
}
.balloon:focus + label:after,
.balloon:active + label:after {
border-top: 4px solid #7ab893;
}
#import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,700,600,300,800);
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
html,
body {
overflow-x: hidden;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-weight: 300;
color: #fff;
background: #efefef;
}
.row {
max-width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 60px 30px;
background: #032429;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
text-align: center;
}
.row:before {
position: absolute;
content: "";
display: block;
top: 0;
left: -5000px;
height: 100%;
width: 15000px;
z-index: -1;
background: inherit;
}
.row:first-child {
padding: 40px 30px;
}
.row span {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
margin: 30px 10px;
}
<div class="row">
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="state" type="text" value="AR" placeholder="Liquid, solid, gaseous..." /><label for="state">State</label>
</span>
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="planet" value="Earth" type="text" placeholder="Probably Earth" /><label for="planet">Planet</label>
</span>
<span>
<input class="balloon" id="galaxy" type="text" value="This is a test" placeholder="Milky Way?" /><label for="galaxy">Guardians of the Galaxy</label>
</span>
</div>