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docs: Floating label (input / textarea) animation works only when placeholder is set on form tag #138
Description
On which page do you see this issue?
https://flyonui.com/docs/forms/input/#floating-label
Describe the issue
Hello, and thank you very much for your amazing work on FlyonUI !
I am a bit confused with the use of floating labels.
I see a difference between using them on inputs & textarea with placeholder attribute vs. no placeholder. The focus animation, moving the label from the middle of the component to the top only works when a placeholder attribute is defined on the input (even an empty one).
As soon as the placeholder is removed from the input, the animation is not triggered anymore. I can reproduce this behavior from the docs using browser developer tools to remove placeholder attribute.
Is this an expected behavior? Do you think it could be added to the documentation? I just spent a huge amount of time finding why this didn't work on my project, and finally spotted the need for placeholder attribute ^
Best regards !
What browsers are you seeing the problem on?
Chrome
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github-actions commentedon Jan 20, 2026
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yagnikvamja commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Hello @alorence ,
Thank you for your detailed report - you’re absolutely right!
The floating label animation in FlyonUI depends on the presence of the
placeholderattribute. This is because the CSS used to trigger the label movement typically relies on the:placeholder-shownselector, which only works when a placeholder is present (even if it's just an empty string). Without a placeholder, the CSS can't detect the empty state correctly, so the label won’t animate to the top on focus.if you’re using floating labels, please include a
placeholderattribute on the input (e.g.,placeholder=" ").We can also consider clarifying this behavior in the documentation so others don't run into the same confusion - great feedback! 🙌
~Best regards,
alorence commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Thanks @yagnikvamja for your answer. I just opened a PR on flyonui-docs to clarify this point.
Best regards
yagnikvamja commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Hello @alorence ,
Thank you very much for taking the time to submit a PR - we truly appreciate your initiative!
At the moment, the FlyonUI documentation does not have a public repository, so we’re unable to accept external contributions directly. We will ensure this point is clearly addressed in the official documentation in a future release.
Thanks again for your support and helpful feedback!
~Best regards,