<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css"> <script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> <!------ Include the above in your HEAD tag ----------> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <h2>Floating label css</h2> </div> <div class="col-md-5 col-md-offset-1"> <form role="form" id="floating-label"> <div class="form-group"> <label class="control-label">First Name</label> <input type="text" class="form-control" /> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label class="control-label">Last Name</label> <input type="text" class="form-control"/> </div> </form> </div> </div>

body{margin-top:20px;} #floating-label .form-group { display: flex; height: 55px; } #floating-label .control-label { font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; opacity: 0.4; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; transform: translate3d(6px, 22px, 0) scale(1); transform-origin: left top; transition: 240ms; } #floating-label .form-group.focused .control-label { opacity: 1; transform: scale(0.75); } #floating-label .form-control { align-self: flex-end; } #floating-label .form-control::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: transparent; transition: 240ms; } #floating-label .form-control:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder { transition: none; } #floating-label .form-group.focused .form-control::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #bbb; }

$('.form-control').on('focus blur', function (e) { $(this).parents('.form-group').toggleClass('focused', (e.type === 'focus' || this.value.length > 0)); }).trigger('blur');