Form.Label

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Provide a label for a form control. Form.Label uses a FormGroupContext (provided by Form.Group) to ensure that it has an htmlFor attribute matching the Form.Control according to WCAG guidelines.

Basic usage

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<Form.Group>
  <Form.Label>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>

<Form.Group>
  <Form.Label>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>

Inline usage

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<Form.Group className="d-flex align-items-center">
  <Form.Label isInline>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>

<Form.Group className="d-flex align-items-center">
  <Form.Label isInline>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>

Usage with grouped control

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<Form.Group className="d-flex align-items-center">
  <Form.Label isInline>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.RadioSet name="color-three" defaultValue="green" isInline>
    <Form.Radio value="red">Red</Form.Radio>
    <Form.Radio value="green">Green</Form.Radio>
    <Form.Radio value="blue">Blue</Form.Radio>
    <Form.Radio value="cyan" disabled>Cyan</Form.Radio>
  </Form.RadioSet>
</Form.Group>

<Form.Group className="d-flex align-items-center">
  <Form.Label isInline>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.RadioSet name="color-three" defaultValue="green" isInline>
    <Form.Radio value="red">Red</Form.Radio>
    <Form.Radio value="green">Green</Form.Radio>
    <Form.Radio value="blue">Blue</Form.Radio>
    <Form.Radio value="cyan" disabled>Cyan</Form.Radio>
  </Form.RadioSet>
</Form.Group>

Sizes

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<>
<Form.Group size="sm">
  <Form.Label>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>
<Form.Group size="lg">
  <Form.Label>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>
</>

<>
<Form.Group size="sm">
  <Form.Label>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>
<Form.Group size="lg">
  <Form.Label>What kind of cats?</Form.Label>
  <Form.Control />
</Form.Group>
</>

See Form.Control for floating labels

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<Form.Group>
  <Form.Control floatingLabel="What kind of cats?" />
</Form.Group>

<Form.Group>
  <Form.Control floatingLabel="What kind of cats?" />
</Form.Group>

Theme Variables (SCSS)#

$input-padding-y:                        $input-btn-padding-y !default;
$input-padding-x:                        $input-btn-padding-x !default;
$input-font-family:                      $input-btn-font-family !default;
$input-font-size:                        $input-btn-font-size !default;
$input-font-weight:                      $font-weight-base !default;
$input-line-height:                      $input-btn-line-height !default;
$input-padding-y-sm:                     $input-btn-padding-y-sm !default;
$input-padding-x-sm:                     $input-btn-padding-x-sm !default;
$input-font-size-sm:                     $input-btn-font-size-sm !default;
$input-line-height-sm:                   $input-btn-line-height-sm !default;
$input-padding-y-lg:                     $input-btn-padding-y-lg !default;
$input-padding-x-lg:                     $input-btn-padding-x-lg !default;
$input-font-size-lg:                     $input-btn-font-size-lg !default;
$input-line-height-lg:                   $input-btn-line-height-lg !default;
$input-bg:                               $white !default;
$input-disabled-bg:                      theme-color("gray", "background") !default;
$input-color:                            theme-color("gray", "text") !default;
$input-border-color:                     $gray-500 !default;
$input-border-width:                     $input-btn-border-width !default;
$input-box-shadow:                       inset 0 1px 1px rgba($black, .075) !default;
$input-border-radius:                    $border-radius !default;
$input-border-radius-lg:                 $border-radius-lg !default;
$input-border-radius-sm:                 $border-radius-sm !default;
$input-focus-bg:                         $input-bg !default;
$input-focus-border-color:               $component-active-bg !default;
$input-focus-color:                      $input-color !default;
$input-focus-width:                      1px !default;
$input-focus-box-shadow:                 $input-btn-focus-box-shadow !default;
$input-placeholder-color:                theme-color("gray", "light-text") !default;
$input-plaintext-color:                  $body-color !default;
$input-height-border:                    $input-border-width * 2 !default;
$input-height-inner:                     calc(#{$input-line-height * 1em} + #{$input-padding-y * 2}) !default;
$input-height-inner-half:                calc(#{$input-line-height * .5em} + #{$input-padding-y}) !default;
$input-height-inner-quarter:             calc(#{$input-line-height * .25em} + #{calc($input-padding-y / 2)}) !default;
$input-height:                           calc(
  #{$input-line-height * 1em} + #{$input-padding-y * 2} + #{$input-height-border}
) !default;
$input-height-sm:                        calc(
  #{$input-line-height-sm * 1em} + #{$input-btn-padding-y-sm * 2} + #{$input-height-border}
) !default;
$input-height-lg:                        calc(
  #{$input-line-height-lg * 1em} + #{$input-btn-padding-y-lg * 2} + #{$input-height-border}
) !default;
$input-hover-width:                      1px !default;
$input-transition:                       border-color .15s ease-in-out, box-shadow .15s ease-in-out !default;
$form-text-margin-top:                   .25rem !default;
$form-check-input-gutter:                1.25rem !default;
$form-check-input-margin-y:              .3rem !default;
$form-check-input-margin-x:              .25rem !default;
$form-check-inline-margin-x:             .75rem !default;
$form-check-inline-input-margin-x:       .3125rem !default;
$form-check-position-axis:               .375rem !default;
$form-check-focus-border-radius:         .0625rem !default;
$form-check-border-width:                .125rem !default;
$form-grid-gutter-width:                 10px !default;
$form-group-margin-bottom:               1rem !default;
$input-group-addon-color:                $input-color !default;
$input-group-addon-bg:                   theme-color("gray", "background") !default;
$input-group-addon-border-color:         $input-border-color !default;
$custom-forms-transition:                background-color .15s ease-in-out,
  border-color .15s ease-in-out, box-shadow .15s ease-in-out !default;
$custom-control-gutter:                  .5rem !default;
$custom-control-spacer-x:                1rem !default;
$custom-control-cursor:                  null !default;
$custom-control-indicator-size:          1.25rem !default;
$custom-control-indicator-bg:            $input-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-bg-size:       100% !default;
$custom-control-indicator-box-shadow:    $input-box-shadow !default;
$custom-control-indicator-border-color:  $gray-700 !default;
$custom-control-indicator-border-width:  2px !default;
$custom-control-label-color:             null !default;
$custom-control-indicator-disabled-bg:           $input-disabled-bg !default;
$custom-control-label-disabled-color:            theme-color("gray", "light-text") !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-color:         $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-valid-color:     theme-color("success") !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-invalid-color:   theme-color("danger") !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-bg:            $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-disabled-bg:   rgba($primary, .5) !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-box-shadow:    none !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-border-color:  $custom-control-indicator-checked-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-focus-box-shadow:      0 0 0 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1) !default;
$custom-control-indicator-focus-border-color:    $input-focus-border-color !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-color:          $component-active-color !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-bg:             $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-box-shadow:     none !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-border-color:   $custom-control-indicator-active-bg !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-border-radius:        0 !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-icon-checked:         str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M21 3H3V21H21V3ZM10 17L5 12L6.41 10.59L10 14.17L17.59 6.58L19 8L10 17Z' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-color}'/></svg>"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-icon-valid-checked:          str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M21 3H3V21H21V3ZM10 17L5 12L6.41 10.59L10 14.17L17.59 6.58L19 8L10 17Z' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-valid-color}'/></svg>"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-icon-invalid-checked:        str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M21 3H3V21H21V3ZM10 17L5 12L6.41 10.59L10 14.17L17.59 6.58L19 8L10 17Z' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-invalid-color}'/></svg>"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-bg:            $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-color:         $custom-control-indicator-checked-color !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-icon-indeterminate:          str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M21 3H3V21H21V3ZM17 13H7V11H17V13Z' fill='#{$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-color}'/></svg>"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-box-shadow:    none !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-border-color:  $custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-bg !default;
$custom-radio-indicator-border-radius:           50% !default;
$custom-radio-indicator-icon-checked:            str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-bg}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-radio-indicator-icon-valid-checked:      str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-valid-color}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-radio-indicator-icon-invalid-checked:    str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-invalid-color}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-icon-off:               str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-bg}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-icon-on:                str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-active-color}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-switch-width:                            $custom-control-indicator-size * 1.75 !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-border-radius:          calc($custom-control-indicator-size / 2) !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-size:                   calc(
  #{$custom-control-indicator-size} - #{$custom-control-indicator-border-width * 4}
) !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-checked-bg:             theme-color("success") !default;
$custom-select-padding-y:            $input-padding-y !default;
$custom-select-padding-x:            $input-padding-x !default;
$custom-select-font-family:          $input-font-family !default;
$custom-select-font-size:            $input-font-size !default;
$custom-select-height:               $input-height !default;
$custom-select-indicator-padding:    1rem !default;
$custom-select-font-weight:          $input-font-weight !default;
$custom-select-line-height:          $input-line-height !default;
$custom-select-color:                $input-color !default;
$custom-select-disabled-color:       theme-color("gray", "light-text") !default;
$custom-select-bg:                   $input-bg !default;
$custom-select-disabled-bg:          theme-color("gray", "background") !default;
$custom-select-bg-size:              24px 24px !default; // In pixels because image dimensions
$custom-select-indicator-color:      theme-color("gray", "hover") !default;
$custom-select-indicator:            str-replace(url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M16.59 8.58984L12 13.1698L7.41 8.58984L6 9.99984L12 15.9998L18 9.99984L16.59 8.58984Z" fill="#{$custom-select-indicator-color}"/></svg>'), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-select-background:           $custom-select-indicator no-repeat right
  $input-padding-y center / $custom-select-bg-size !default;
$custom-select-feedback-icon-padding-right:  calc(
  (1em + #{2 * $custom-select-padding-y}) * 3 / 4 + #{$custom-select-padding-x + $custom-select-indicator-padding}
) !default;
$custom-select-feedback-icon-position:       center right
  ($custom-select-padding-x + $custom-select-indicator-padding) !default;
$custom-select-feedback-icon-size:           $input-height-inner-half $input-height-inner-half !default;
$custom-select-border-width:         $input-border-width !default;
$custom-select-border-color:         $input-border-color !default;
$custom-select-border-radius:        $border-radius !default;
$custom-select-box-shadow:           inset 0 1px 2px rgba($black, .075) !default;
$custom-select-focus-border-color:   $input-focus-border-color !default;
$custom-select-focus-width:          $input-focus-width !default;
$custom-select-focus-box-shadow:     $input-btn-focus-box-shadow !default;
$custom-select-padding-y-sm:         $input-padding-y-sm !default;
$custom-select-padding-x-sm:         $input-padding-x-sm !default;
$custom-select-font-size-sm:         $input-font-size-sm !default;
$custom-select-height-sm:            $input-height-sm !default;
$custom-select-padding-y-lg:         $input-padding-y-lg !default;
$custom-select-padding-x-lg:         $input-padding-x-lg !default;
$custom-select-font-size-lg:         $input-font-size-lg !default;
$custom-select-height-lg:            $input-height-lg !default;
$custom-range-track-width:           100% !default;
$custom-range-track-height:          .5rem !default;
$custom-range-track-cursor:          pointer !default;
$custom-range-track-bg:              theme-color("gray", "graphic") !default;
$custom-range-track-border-radius:   1rem !default;
$custom-range-track-box-shadow:      inset 0 .25rem .25rem rgba($black, .1) !default;
$custom-range-thumb-width:                    1rem !default;
$custom-range-thumb-height:                   $custom-range-thumb-width !default;
$custom-range-thumb-bg:                       $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-range-thumb-border:                   0 !default;
$custom-range-thumb-border-radius:            1rem !default;
$custom-range-thumb-box-shadow:               0 .1rem .25rem rgba($black, .1) !default;
$custom-range-thumb-focus-box-shadow:         0 0 0 1px $body-bg, $input-focus-box-shadow !default;
$custom-range-thumb-focus-box-shadow-width:   $input-focus-width !default; // For focus box shadow issue in IE/Edge
$custom-range-thumb-active-bg:                lighten($component-active-bg, 35%) !default;
$custom-range-thumb-disabled-bg:              theme-color("gray", "default") !default;
$custom-file-height:                 $input-height !default;
$custom-file-height-inner:           $input-height-inner !default;
$custom-file-focus-border-color:     $input-focus-border-color !default;
$custom-file-focus-box-shadow:       $input-focus-box-shadow !default;
$custom-file-disabled-bg:            $input-disabled-bg !default;
$custom-file-padding-y:              $input-padding-y !default;
$custom-file-padding-x:              $input-padding-x !default;
$custom-file-line-height:            $input-line-height !default;
$custom-file-font-family:            $input-font-family !default;
$custom-file-font-weight:            $input-font-weight !default;
$custom-file-color:                  $input-color !default;
$custom-file-bg:                     $input-bg !default;
$custom-file-border-width:           $input-border-width !default;
$custom-file-border-color:           $input-border-color !default;
$custom-file-border-radius:          $input-border-radius !default;
$custom-file-box-shadow:             $input-box-shadow !default;
$custom-file-button-color:           $custom-file-color !default;
$custom-file-button-bg:              $input-group-addon-bg !default;
$custom-file-text:  (
  en: "Browse"
) !default;
$form-feedback-margin-top:           $form-text-margin-top !default;
$form-feedback-font-size:            $small-font-size !default;
$form-feedback-valid-color:          theme-color("success") !default;
$form-feedback-invalid-color:        theme-color("danger") !default;
$form-feedback-icon-valid-color:     $form-feedback-valid-color !default;
$form-feedback-icon-valid:           str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 8 8'%3e%3cpath fill='#{$form-feedback-icon-valid-color}' d='M2.3 6.73L.6 4.53c-.4-1.04.46-1.4 1.1-.8l1.1 1.4 3.4-3.8c.6-.63 1.6-.27 1.2.7l-4 4.6c-.43.5-.8.4-1.1.1z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$form-feedback-icon-invalid-color:   $form-feedback-invalid-color !default;
$form-feedback-icon-invalid:         str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' fill='#{$form-feedback-icon-invalid-color}' viewBox='-2 -2 7 7'%3e%3cpath stroke='#{$form-feedback-icon-invalid-color}' d='M0 0l3 3m0-3L0 3'/%3e%3ccircle r='.5'/%3e%3ccircle cx='3' r='.5'/%3e%3ccircle cy='3' r='.5'/%3e%3ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='.5'/%3e%3c/svg%3E"), "#", "%23") !default;
$form-validation-states:  () !default;
$form-validation-states:  map-merge(
  (
    "valid": (
      "color": $form-feedback-valid-color,
      "icon": $form-feedback-icon-valid
    ),
    "invalid": (
      "color": $form-feedback-invalid-color,
      "icon": $form-feedback-icon-invalid
    ),
  ),
  $form-validation-states
);
$form-feedback-tooltip-padding-y:      .25rem !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-padding-x:      .5rem !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-font-size:      $font-size-sm !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-line-height:    $line-height-base !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-opacity:        .9 !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-border-radius:  $border-radius !default;
$form-autosuggest-icon-width:  2.4rem;
$form-autosuggest-icon-height:  $form-autosuggest-icon-width;
$form-autosuggest-spinner-width:  1.25rem;
$form-autosuggest-spinner-height:  $form-autosuggest-spinner-width;
$form-autosuggest-border-width:  .125rem;

Props API#

FormLabel Props API

className string
Specifies class name to append to the base element.
children node Required
Specifies contents of the component.
isInline bool
Specifies whether the component should be displayed with inline styling.
Defaultfalse
size enum'sm' | 'lg'
Specifies size of the component.

Usage Insights#

FormLabel

	Project Name	Paragon Version	Instance Count
	frontend-app-course-authoring	20.46.2	1
	frontend-app-learner-dashboard	20.46.2	2
	prospectus	20.46.2	7

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Contents

Basic usage
Inline usage
Usage with grouped control
Sizes
See Form.Control for floating labels
Theme Variables (SCSS)
Props API
Usage Insights