You can block a button if a field is not filled with pure CSS

i'm doing this trick with just one field, if want add more fields, they need be direct childrens of <form>, and this will fail if you wrap the input field in another element.

HTML Structure

<form action="" class="form">
  <input type="text" class="form__input" placeholder="type your name..." required>
  <button class="form__button">submit</button>
</form>

The CSS

:root {
  --success-color: #319E65;
  --error-color: #E8513B;
  --white-color: #FFFFFF;
  --silver-color: #BDC3C7;
  --light-color: #ECF0F1;
}

.form {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  max-width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.form__input {
  width: 100%;
  border-radius: 4px;
  border: 1px solid var(--silver-color);
  padding: 10px 20px;
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
}

.form__input:focus {
  outline: 0;
}

.form__button {
  background: var(--light-color);
  border-radius: 4px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-color: var(--silver-color);
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  color: var(--silver-color);
  transition: all .3s ease-in-out;
  pointer-events: none;
  margin-left: 10px;
}

.form__input:invalid {
  border-color: var(--error-color);
}

.form__input:valid {
  border-color: var(--success-color);
}

.form__input:valid + button[class=form__button] {
  border-color: var(--success-color);
  background: var(--success-color);
  color: var(--white-color);
  cursor: pointer;
  pointer-events: initial; /* block click and events in this button */
}

the trick here is :valid and :invalid, using it, you can validate the field, if empty :invalid will block it, if you type something, then :valid will make it clickable again at this line:

.form__input:valid + button[class=form__button] {
  border-color: var(--success-color);
  background: var(--success-color);
  color: var(--white-color);
  cursor: pointer;
  pointer-events: initial; /* the click event returns to the initial state */
}

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You can block a button if a field is not filled with pure CSS

Leandro RR

HTML Structure

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