<!-- inspired by http://littlebigdetails.com/post/82478225432/circleci-once-activated-the-input-placeholders -->
<div class="input-wrapper">
<input type="text" id="user" required>
<label for="user">user name</label>
</div>
<div class="input-wrapper">
<input type="password" required>
<label for="user">password</label>
</div>
@import "nib"
body
padding:40px
font-family:"Helvetica Neue"
.input-wrapper
position:relative
line-height:14px
margin:0 10px
display:inline-block
label
color:#bbb
font-size:11px
text-transform:uppercase
position:absolute
z-index:2
left:20px
top:14px
padding:0 2px
pointer-events:none
background:white
transition:transform 100ms ease
transform:translateY(-20px)
input
font-size:13px
color:#555
outline:none
border:1px solid #bbb
padding:10px 20px
border-radius:20px
position:relative
&:invalid + label
transform:translateY(0)
&:focus
border-color:#2b96f1
& + label
color:#2b96f1
transform:translateY(-20px)
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