Old post, but if this isn't quite what new people googling this want, give this library a look: https://github.com/brennanwilkes/react-bootstrap-floating-label
Answer from Brennan Wilkes on Stack OverflowReact Bootstrap
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Floating labels | React Bootstrap
Wrap a <Form.Control> element in <FloatingLabel> to enable floating labels with Bootstrap’s textual form fields.
» npm install react-bootstrap-floating-label
Published: Jun 21, 2021
Version: 1.6.0
Author: Brennan Wilkes
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Old post, but if this isn't quite what new people googling this want, give this library a look: https://github.com/brennanwilkes/react-bootstrap-floating-label
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React bootstrap 5.0 has the floating label
https://react-bootstrap.github.io/components/forms/#forms-floating-labels
GeeksforGeeks
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React Bootstrap Floating labels | GeeksforGeeks
April 28, 2025 - Customizing Rendering: If you need greater control over the rendering, use the <FormFloating> component to wrap your input and label. Example 1: In this approach we created a textarea and wrapped that textarea inside <FloatingLabel>. ... // App.js import FloatingLabel from 'react-bootstrap/FloatingLabel'; import Form from 'react-bootstrap/Form'; function App() { return ( <> <FloatingLabel controlId="floatingTextarea" label="Comment" className="m-5"> <Form.Control as="textarea" placeholder="Comment here..."
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MDBootstrap
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Floating label on the input field - Material Design for Bootstrap
The bug is caused by the fact that the TextField component onFocus event listener checks the ref attribute before executing its state setting option to guard against focusing / blurring of the window (line 55).
GitHub
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Issues · brennanwilkes/react-bootstrap-floating-label
June 27, 2022 - #128 In brennanwilkes/react-bootstrap-floating-label;
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GitHub
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CoreUI
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React Floating labels - CoreUI
March 3, 2026 - React floating label component. Create beautifully simple form labels that float over your input fields. CoreUI components are available as native Angular, Bootstrap (Vanilla JS), and Vue components.
Reddit
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r/reactjs - Support for floating labels on input fields in react-bootstrap
January 30, 2021 -
I'd like to add floating labels (like in the material design UI kit) to some text input fields in my react-bootstrap app but none of the variations I've found on npm/github seem to work right. Has anyone done this?
Stack Overflow
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reactjs - React Bootstrap Floating Label Overlaps Input - Stack Overflow
December 21, 2021 - const Field = ({options, label}) => { return( <FloatingLabel label={label} className="mb-3"> <Form.Select placeholder={label}> <option></option> options.map((option) => <option key={option.id}>{option.text}</option> </Form.Select> </FloatingLabel> ); }
Published: Jan 08, 2021
Version: 1.6.0
Author: Brennan Wilkes