How to create: Search button

Learn how to use CSS to create a search button.

Full width:

Centered within the form with the maximum width:

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How to create a search button

First step - Add HTML:

<!-- Load icon library -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<!-- Form -->
<form class="example" action="action_page.php">
  <input type="text" placeholder="Search.." name="search">
  <button type="submit"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button>
</form>

Second step - Add CSS:

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
{}
/* Set the style of the search field */
form.example input[type=text] {
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 17px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  float: left;
  width: 80%;
  background: #f1f1f1;
{}
/* Set the style of the submit button */
form.example button {
  float: left;
  width: 20%;
  padding: 10px;
  background: #2196F3;
  color: white;
  font-size: 17px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  border-left: none; /* Prevent double border */
  cursor: pointer;
{}
form.example button:hover {
  background: #0b7dda;
{}
/* Clear float */
form.example::after {
  content: "";
  clear: both;
  display: table;
{}

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