--- title: How to Create the Perfect Transparent Login Form | daily.dev description: Learn how to create a stylish and see-through login form using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Follow step-by-step instructions to design the form structure, style... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-the-perfect-transparent-login-form-b9wdjez4d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Create the Perfect Transparent Login Form | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to create a stylish and see-through login form using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Follow step-by-step instructions to design the form structure, style... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-the-perfect-transparent-login-form-b9wdjez4d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/B9WDjeZ4d.png og:image:alt: How to Create the Perfect Transparent Login Form og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Create the Perfect Transparent Login Form **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 9 min read · 78 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Learn how to create a stylish and see-through login form using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Follow step-by-step instructions to design the form structure, style the background image, style the login box, make the title look good, style the email and password sections, style the labels and text boxes, and finally make the login button look good. The result is a simple and attractive login form that can be customized further. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jsnelders** · 13 upvotes > Transparent forms are a horrendous idea from a UX and accessibility point of view. It's bad enough to have the labels and surrounding modal text transparent over the background, but why also have the inputs transparent? In the demo on a small screen the contrast of the white input text over the yellow sun make the text incredibly hard to read. > > It is not "sleek" or "modern" - it's bad design. **@jamiecarl** · 2 upvotes > This was cool in 2005. I'm so glad it is not 2005 anymore. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-the-perfect-transparent-login-form-b9wdjez4d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Create the Perfect Transparent Login Form","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-the-perfect-transparent-login-form-b9wdjez4d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-the-perfect-transparent-login-form-b9wdjez4d"},"datePublished":"2024-05-12T01:37:24.638Z","dateModified":"2024-05-12T01:37:22.526Z","description":"Learn how to create a stylish and see-through login form using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 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