name: Form input
description: A form input field and an associated label.
accessibility_criteria: |
  Inputs in the component must:

  * accept focus
  * be focusable with a keyboard
  * be usable with a keyboard
  * be usable with touch
  * indicate when they have focus
  * be recognisable as form input elements
  * have correctly associated labels
  * be of the appropriate type for their use, e.g. password inputs should be of type 'password'

  Labels use the [label component](/component-guide/label).

  Avoid using autofocus and tabindex unless you have user research to support this behaviour.
govuk_frontend_components:
  - input
examples:
  default:
    data:
      label:
        text: "What is your name?"
      name: "name"
  specific_input_type:
    description: By default the input will be type="text". This parameter accepts an alternative, e.g. "search" or "email". No validation is done on this input.
    data:
      label:
        text: "What is your email address?"
      name: "address"
      type: "email"
  with_an_identifier:
    description: Give the input a specific ID.
    data:
      label:
        text: "Has an id"
      name: "hasid"
      id: "hasid"
  aria_described_by:
    description: |
      Allows the addition of an aria-describedby attribute. Note that this will be overridden in the event of an error, where the error will be used for the describedby attribute value.

      The example below uses the ID of the main container for demonstration purposes as there aren't any useful elements with IDs in the component guide. In real use this would be passed the ID of an element that correctly described the input.
    data:
      label:
        text: "This is an example only and may not work with a screen reader"
      name: "labelledby"
      describedby: "wrapper"
  aria_controls:
    description: Allows the addition of an aria-controls attribute, for use in places like the finders where the page is updated dynamically after value changes to the input.
    data:
      label:
        text: "This is an example only and will not work with a screen reader as intended"
      name: "controls"
      controls: "wrapper"
  with_hint:
    data:
      label:
        text: "What is your name?"
      name: "name"
      hint: "Please provide your first and last name"
  with_error:
    data:
      label:
        text: "What is your name?"
      name: "name"
      error_message: "Please could you provide your name"
  with_error_items:
    data:
      label:
        text: "What is your name?"
      name: "name"
      error_items:
      - text: Descriptive link to the question with an error 1
        href: '#example-error-1'
      - text: Descriptive link to the question with an error 2
        href: '#example-error-2'
  with_value:
    data:
      label:
        text: "Search for"
      name: "name"
      value: "moose"
  autofocused:
    data:
      label:
        text: "Username"
      name: "username"
      autofocus: true
      tabindex: 0
  readonly:
    data:
      label:
        text: "Readonly attribute"
      name: "readonly"
      value: "You can't change me"
      readonly: true
  with_maxlength:
    data:
      label:
        text: "An input that doesn't allow many characters"
      name: "name"
      value: "You can't type more"
      maxlength: 10
  with_autocomplete:
    data:
      label:
        text: "Automatically complete the field with a user's email address (in supporting browsers)"
      name: "name"
      type: "email"
      autocomplete: "email"
  with_custom_width:
    data:
      label:
        text: "National insurance number"
      hint: It’s on your National insurance card, benefit letter, payslip or P60. For example, ‘QQ 12 34 56 C’.
      name: "name"
      width: 10