I can't get back()->withInput() to work, the documentation seems a little sparse on how it should work - laravel

Question

I'm using blade templates and this is how my form looks:
<form action="{{ route("user-sessions.store") }}" method="POST">
#csrf
<div class="form-group">
<label for="e-mail">E-mail Address</label>
<input name="email_address" class="form-control" type="email" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input name="password" class="form-control" type="password" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" />
</div>
</form>
Does back()->withInput() only work with {{ Form::open() }}? If so, the 7.x documentation doesn't say that it seems. I would think if you need a 3rd party library to get this to work, the documentation should say so. If that's not the issue, then what am I doing wrong?
I'm using Laravel 7.x.

Answer 1

if you use html collective, it automatically puts old values in form inputs. But when use pure html to create form inputs you have to use old method for input values. like this:
<form action="{{ route("user-sessions.store") }}" method="POST">
#csrf
<div class="form-group">
<label for="e-mail">E-mail Address</label>
<input name="email_address" class="form-control" type="email" value="{{old('email_address')}}"/>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input name="password" class="form-control" type="password" value="{{old('password')}}"/>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" />
</div>
</form>