diff --git a/public_html/classes/render-adminlte.class.php b/public_html/classes/render-adminlte.class.php
index b7c75e5df4f3e0388ca72feb5e6b1bbea0185b03..6360d6662a69d1c6fb3fa5dec1eaf43840d91bf0 100755
--- a/public_html/classes/render-adminlte.class.php
+++ b/public_html/classes/render-adminlte.class.php
@@ -400,18 +400,71 @@ class renderadminlte {
                     'linktext'=>['group'=>'content', 'description'=>'used if a url was given: linked text', 'example_value'=>'More info']
                 ]
             ],
+            // ------------------------------------------------------------
+            'input'=>[
+                'label'=>'Form: input',
+                'description'=>'Input form fiels',
+                'method'=>'getInput',
+        
+                'params'=>[
+                    'label'       => [
+                        'group'=>'styling', 
+                        'description'=>'label for the input field', 
+                        'example_value'=>'Enter your firstname'
+                    ],
+                    'type'=>['select'=> [
+                            'description'=>'type or input field',
+                            'group'=>'styling',
+                            'values'=>[
+                                'text'=>'text',
+                                'password'=>'password',
+                                'email'=>'email',
+                                'hidden'=>'hidden',
+                                ]
+                            ], 
+                            'example_value'=>'text'
+                    ],
+                    'class'       => [
+                        'group'=>'styling', 
+                        'description'=>'optional: css classes', 
+                        'example_value'=>'myclass'
+                    ],
+                    'prepend'       => [
+                        'group'=>'styling', 
+                        'description'=>'optional: content on input start', 
+                        'example_value'=>'+'
+                    ],
+                    'append'       => [
+                        'group'=>'styling', 
+                        'description'=>'optional: content on input end', 
+                        'example_value'=>':-)'
+                    ],
+                    'name'       => [
+                        'group'=>'content', 
+                        'description'=>'name attribute', 
+                        'example_value'=>'firstname'
+                    ],
+                    'value' => [
+                        'group'=>'content', 
+                        'description'=>'Value', 
+                        'example_value'=>'Jack'
+                    ],
+                ]
+            ],
         ];
     }
     /**
      * helper function: a shortcut for $this->_oHtml->getTag
      * @param  string  $sTag         name of html tag
      * @param  array   $aAttributes  array of its attributes
+     * @param  string  $sContent     content between opening and closing tag
+     * @param  bool    $bClosetag    flag: write a closing tag or not? default: true
      */
-    protected function _tag($sTag, $aAttributes, $sContent=false){
+    protected function _tag($sTag, $aAttributes, $sContent=false, $bClosetag=true){
         if ($sContent){
             $aAttributes['label']=(isset($aAttributes['label']) ? $aAttributes['label'] : '') . $sContent;
         }
-        return $this->_oHtml->getTag($sTag, $aAttributes);
+        return $this->_oHtml->getTag($sTag, $aAttributes, $bClosetag);
     }
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // 
@@ -1111,45 +1164,61 @@ class renderadminlte {
     }
 
 
-/*
-
-<div class="info-box">
-  <span class="info-box-icon bg-info"><i class="far fa-bookmark"></i></span>
-  <div class="info-box-content">
-    <span class="info-box-text">Bookmarks</span>
-    <span class="info-box-number">41,410</span>
-    <div class="progress">
-      <div class="progress-bar bg-info" style="width: 70%"></div>
-    </div>
-    <span class="progress-description">
-      70% Increase in 30 Days
-    </span>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-
-
-  <div class="info-box bg-success">
-    <span class="info-box-icon"><i class="far fa-thumbs-up"></i></span>
-    <div class="info-box-content">
-      <span class="info-box-text">Likes</span>
-      <span class="info-box-number">41,410</span>
-      <div class="progress">
-        <div class="progress-bar" style="width: 70%"></div>
-      </div>
-      <span class="progress-description">
-        70% Increase in 30 Days
-      </span>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-*/
-  
-
-
+    /**
+     * return a text input field:
+     * https://adminlte.io/themes/v3/pages/forms/general.html
+     * 
+     * @param type $aOptions  hash with keys for all options
+     *                        styling:
+     *                          - type    - field type: text, email, password, hidden
+      *                        content
+     *                          - label   - label tag
+     *                          - name    - name attribute for sending form
+     *                          - value   - value in 
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function GetInput($aOptions){
+        $aOptions=$this->_ensureOptions('input', $aOptions);
+        $aElement=$aOptions;
+        $aElement['class']=''
+            . $this->_addClassValue($aOptions['class'],   '')
+            ;
+        $sFormid=(isset($aOptions['id']) 
+            ? $aOptions['id'] 
+            : (isset($aOptions['name']) ? $aOptions['name'] : 'field' ).'-'.md5(microtime(true))
+        );
 
+        $sLabel='';
+        $sPrepend='';
+        $sAppend='';
 
+        $sLabel.=isset($aOptions['label']) && $aOptions['label'] ? $this->_tag('label', ['for'=>$sFormid], $aOptions['label']) : '';
 
+        $aElement['id']=$sFormid;
+        foreach(['_infos', 'label'] as $sDeleteKey){
+            unset($aElement[$sDeleteKey]);
+        }
 
+        $sWrapperclass='form-group';
 
+        if(isset($aOptions['prepend']) && $aOptions['prepend']){
+            $sWrapperclass='input-group';
+            $sPrepend=$this->_tag('div',[ 'class'=>'input-group-prepend'],
+                $this->_tag('span', ['class'=>'input-group-text'] , $aOptions['prepend'])
+            );
+        }
+        if(isset($aOptions['append']) && $aOptions['append']){
+            $sWrapperclass='input-group';
+            $sAppend=$this->_tag('div',[ 'class'=>'input-group-append'],
+                $this->_tag('span', ['class'=>'input-group-text'] , $aOptions['append'])
+            );
+        }  
+        return $this->_tag('div', ['class'=>$sWrapperclass],
+            $sLabel
+            .$sPrepend
+            .$this->_tag('input', $aElement, '', false)
+            .$sAppend
+        );
+    }
 
 }