# New field element (for better controls)
TL;DR: there’s a new .field container, and .control has been re-purposed.

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10 Mar 2017

# New field element (for better controls)

TL;DR: there’s a new `.field` container, and `.control` has been re-purposed.

Since the beginning, the `.control` has been a very versatile element that allowed:

- to space controls vertically
- to include an icon alongside inputs, buttons, textareas…
- to append a loading spinner
- to create horizontal forms
- to create control addons
- to create control groups

## The problem

The `.control` element acted as both a block container (for spacing, for other controls in a horizontal form), but also an inline container (for adding an icon, a loader, an addon, and grouping). It led to issues where you couldn’t:

- add a help text horizontally
- add multiple icons or loaders in a group of controls
- add a different icon on addons

## The solution

The new `.field` element becomes the block container for `.control` elements. As a result, it inherits the `.has-addons`, `.is-grouped`, and `.is-horizontal` modifiers.

Furthermore `.control` element can only contain a `.button`, `.input`, `.select`, or `.textarea`, and eventually a `.icon`. It can no longer contain a `.help` element or other `.control`.

But it allows more elaborate designs.

    // Before
    .control
      .has-addons
      .has-icon
      .is-grouped
      .is-horizontal
      .is-loading

    // After
    .control
      .has-icon
      .is-loading
    .field
      .has-addons
      .is-grouped
      .is-horizontal
    .field-label
    .field-body

    <!-- Before -->
    <label class="label">Username</label>
    <p class="control has-icon has-icon-right">
      <input class="input is-success" type="text" placeholder="Text input" value="bulma">
      <span class="icon is-small">
        <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
      </span>
      <span class="help is-success">This username is available</span>
    </p>

    <!-- After -->
    <div class="field">
      <label class="label">Username</label>
      <p class="control has-icon has-icon-right">
        <input class="input is-success" type="text" placeholder="Text input" value="bulma">
        <span class="icon is-small">
          <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
        </span>
      </p>
      <p class="help is-success">This username is available</p>
    </div>

## Examples

Addons with multiple icons or states.

Horizontal form with help text

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