How to partition input field to appear as separate input fields on screen?

You dont have to keep 4 separate fields;

First you should adjust the character spacing, and than adjust border style of bottom…

#partitioned {
  padding-left: 15px;
  letter-spacing: 42px;
  border: 0;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to left, black 70%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0%);
  background-position: bottom;
  background-size: 50px 1px;
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  background-position-x: 35px;
  width: 220px;
  outline : none;
}
<input id="partitioned" type="text" maxlength="4" />

–EDIT to fix 5 underlines for 4 character ugliness–

var obj = document.getElementById('partitioned');
obj.addEventListener('keydown', stopCarret); 
obj.addEventListener('keyup', stopCarret); 

function stopCarret() {
    if (obj.value.length > 3){
        setCaretPosition(obj, 3);
    }
}

function setCaretPosition(elem, caretPos) {
    if(elem != null) {
        if(elem.createTextRange) {
            var range = elem.createTextRange();
            range.move('character', caretPos);
            range.select();
        }
        else {
            if(elem.selectionStart) {
                elem.focus();
                elem.setSelectionRange(caretPos, caretPos);
            }
            else
                elem.focus();
        }
    }
}
#partitioned {
  padding-left: 15px;
  letter-spacing: 42px;
  border: 0;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to left, black 70%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0%);
  background-position: bottom;
  background-size: 50px 1px;
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  background-position-x: 35px;
  width: 220px;
  min-width: 220px;
}

#divInner{
  left: 0;
  position: sticky;
}

#divOuter{
  width: 190px; 
  overflow: hidden;
}
<div id="divOuter">
    <div id="divInner">
        <input id="partitioned" type="text" maxlength="4" />
    </div>
</div>

I think this can be a starting point…
hope this will help…

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