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JQuery Plugins for Better Looking Html Forms


One of the most important components when it comes to website designs is the form. You may require different types of forms such as contact forms, registration forms, complaint forms etc. The look and the usability of these forms are an utmost necessity because these are the direct pathways through which your visitors or customers interact with you. Here, I am going to discuss some of the efficient jQuery plugins which can enhance the functionality of the html forms you have designed.

  1. Fancy Web Form Designer by Formoid.com

With a collection of beautiful skins and fancy colour schemes, Formoid helps in creating responsive forms compatible with desktops, mobile and laptops. In addition to the standard fields, you can effectively add the advanced fields such as email address, website URL, file upload and captcha fields etc. This also supports the HTML 5 form validation.

  2. Fancyform by Lutrasoft

Fancyform can help you transform your HTML elements into a more customized form. You can apply the styling to the different elements such as the input:checkbox, input:radio, textarea and input:file etc. You can use the custom slide bar in the text area so as to make it more readable.

  3. jQuery Autosize by Jack Moore

This impressive plugin lets the users to type their text without worrying about the text area. The plugin will automatically adjust the height of the text area according to the text input.



  4. jQuery Super Labels by Remy Bach

Using this plugin, you can position the labels in any way you want. You can choose to apply Super Labels to any of the specified fields you want.

  5. File Style Plugin for jQuery by Shaun Inman

The File Style plugin lets you style your file inputs. You can style the filename field as either a text field or an image.

  6. jAutochecklist

If you are looking forward to develop a user-friendly HTML list in your website designs, then jAutochecklist is the perfect solution. This provides the users with a friendly user interface and thus enhances the level of interaction. The data in the list can be loaded dynamically from a remote source. The plugin is compatible with the mobile devices too.

  7. Selectik by Ivan Kubrakov

This jQuery plugin is easy to use and helps in the generation of custom select form elements. These elements can further be customized with CSS. The key features of Selectik include smart positioning, button control and Esc control etc.

  8. Uniform

The Uniform plugin helps you to smartly control the look of your form elements. You can apply the custom themes over the standard styles. Uniform lets you to set different form themes to be displayed in the different browsers. In case of complex website designs, you can also use multiple themes on a single page.

  9. jQuery Checkbox

If you want to add style to your check boxes, jQuery Checkbox is a valuable plugin to use. This plugin works with the radio buttons too. As the plugin supports label hovering, the corresponding checkbox is highlighted whenever you hover over a label element.

  10. Fancy Fields

Fancy Fields allows you to customize each and every element of your HTML form such as the check box, radio button, select tab, text fields, text area, submit and the reset buttons. You have the option to choose from different types of themes available.

About The Author

Sandy is a blogger working as an Internet marketing professional in a web designs firm and specialising in SEO and social media. His sole focus is on creating awareness about how to enhance the web presence by attracting the search engine traffic.