Question

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Is it possible, using only css(3), to get a border around a textfield that only wraps partially up each side?

Answer 1

See the codepen: here

<div class="wrapper">
  <input type="text" placeholder="text field">
</div>

<div class="wrapper">
 <input type="text" placeholder="Another one">
</div>

with the following CSS:

* {

   box-sizing: border-box;

}


body {

  background: #dfdfdf;

}


input {

  width: 250px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  position: relative;
  background: #dfdfdf;
  color: #444;
  padding: 5px;
  border: 0;
  outlne: none;
  display: block;

}

input:focus {

    outline:none;

}


.wrapper {

  position: relative;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -125px;
  margin-top: 50px;
  width: 250px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #888;

}


.wrapper:before {

  width: 1px;
  height: 5px;
  background-color: #888;
  content: " ";
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0px;
  left: -1px;

}

.wrapper:after {

  width: 1px;
  height: 5px;
  background-color: #888;
  content: " ";
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0px;
  right: 0px;

}

.wrapper:hover::after, .wrapper:hover::before {

    background: #57B8D6;
    width: 2px;

}

.wrapper:hover::after {

    right: 0px;

}

.wrapper:hover::before {

    left: 0px;

}

.wrapper:before {

    left: 0px;
    z-index: 100;

}

.wrapper:hover {

    border-bottom: 2px solid #57B8D6;
    margin-top: 50px;
    margin-left: -125px;

}