---
title: "how to design a form with required field  stylish mark"  
description: "Bootstrap example of Required field styling with tooltip using HTML, Javascript, jQuery, and CSS. Snippet by rusboard"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2018-05-22  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12916/how-to-design-a-form-with-required-field-stylish-mark  
category: "html"  
tags: ["html", "html5", "css"]  
reading_time: 4 minutes  

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# how to design a form with required field  stylish mark

[Introduction](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/359/iphone-development-introduction):

In this [article](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84667/how-congress-government-misused-the-article-356) I will [explain](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43852/what-is-shadowing-in-java-explain-with-example) to you [design](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81916/wikipedia-desktop-version-gets-new-design) [Required](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160269/what-is-required-data-annotation-how-does-it-affect-model-validation) [field](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160867/does-mindstick-provide-training-for-field-marketing) mark in [textbox](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/17/numeric-textbox) using css or design stylish [registration](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116207/what-is-lei-registration) form with example.

Description:

In the following below example i have designed stylish registration form and with marking required field.

Step-1: write the following below html code for design registration form.

**[index](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62160/according-to-the-henley-passport-index-india-ranks-which-position-as-the-world-s-most-travel-friendly-passport).cshtml**

```
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
<div class="container">
    <form role="form" style="width:400px; margin: 0 auto;">
        <h1>Registration Form</h1>
        <div class="required-field-block">
            <input type="text" placeholder="First Name" class="form-control">
            <div class="required-icon">
                <div class="text">*</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="required-field-block">
            <input type="text" placeholder="Middle Name" class="form-control">
            <div class="required-icon">
                <div class="text">*</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="required-field-block">
            <input type="text" placeholder="Last Name" class="form-control">
            <div class="required-icon">
                <div class="text">*</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="required-field-block">
            <input type="text" placeholder="Email" class="form-control">
            <div class="required-icon">
                <div class="text">*</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <input type="text" placeholder="Phone" class="form-control">
        <div class="required-field-block">
            <textarea rows="3" class="form-control" placeholder="Address"></textarea>
            <div class="required-icon">
                <div class="text">*</div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <button class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
    </form>
</div>

<script>
    $(function () {
        $('.required-icon').tooltip({
            placement: 'left',
            title: 'Required field'
        });
    });

</script>
```

Step-2: write the following below css code for apply style on your registration form.

## Style.css

```
input, textarea, button { margin-top:10px }

/* Required field START */

.required-field-block {
    position: relative;
}

.required-field-block .required-icon {
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
    margin: -0.25em 0.25em 0em;
    background-color: #E8E8E8;
    border-color: #E8E8E8;
    padding: 0.5em 0.8em;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: normal;
    border-radius: 0.325em;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    -ms-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    -webkit-transition: background 0.1s linear;
    -moz-transition: background 0.1s linear;
    transition: background 0.1s linear;
    font-size: 75%;
}

.required-field-block .required-icon {
    background-color: transparent;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0em;
    right: 0em;
    z-index: 10;
    margin: 0em;
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    padding: 0em;
    text-align: center;
    -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease;
    -moz-transition: color 0.2s ease;
    transition: color 0.2s ease;
}

.required-field-block .required-icon:after {
    position: absolute;
    content: "";
    right: 1px;
    top: 1px;
    z-index: -1;
    width: 0em;
    height: 0em;
    border-top: 0em solid transparent;
    border-right: 30px solid transparent;
    border-bottom: 30px solid transparent;
    border-left: 0em solid transparent;
    border-right-color: inherit;
    -webkit-transition: border-color 0.2s ease;
    -moz-transition: border-color 0.2s ease;
    transition: border-color 0.2s ease;
}

.required-field-block .required-icon .text {
 color: #B80000;
 font-size: 26px;
 margin: -3px 0 0 12px;
}

.form-control {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: .375rem .75rem;
    font-size: 1rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: #495057;
    background-color: #fff;
    background-clip: padding-box;
    border: 1px solid #0581fd;
    border-radius: .25rem;
    transition: border-color .15s ease-in-out,box-shadow .15s ease-in-out;
}

/* Required field END */
```

**Now Press F5 and see [output](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34427/explain-the-output-in-angular):**

![how to design a form with required field  stylish mark](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/5da13d80-52ed-4014-9d87-d87cd0b2ad98/images/3d27e295-6587-4be3-a1d7-9fd89ab5bf43.png)

thanks for reading my article.

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