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We specify the margin-bottom of our <div> element. Then, we set the display of the <label> element to "inline-block" and give a fixed width. After that, set the text-align property to "right", and the labels will be aligned with the inputs on the right side.
Give the labels display: inline-block ; Give them a fixed width. Align text to the right.
try setting specific width to your text-boxes with display: inline-block property. Glad it worked. Then can you please accept my answer. Hello again, it works fine on desktop but on mobile it'a aligned weirdly when placed in the footer.
WARNING: OUTDATED ANSWER
Nowadays you should definitely avoid using fixed widths. You could use flexbox or CSS grid to come up with a responsive solution. See the other answers.
One possible solution:
display: inline-block;That is:
label {
display: inline-block;
width: 140px;
text-align: right;
}<div class="block">
<label>Simple label</label>
<input type="text" />
</div>
<div class="block">
<label>Label with more text</label>
<input type="text" />
</div>
<div class="block">
<label>Short</label>
<input type="text" />
</div>JSFiddle
While the solutions here are workable, more recent technology has made for what I think is a better solution. CSS Grid Layout allows us to structure a more elegant solution.
The CSS below provides a 2-column "settings" structure, where the first column is expected to be a right-aligned label, followed by some content in the second column. More complicated content can be presented in the second column by wrapping it in a <div>.
[As a side-note: I use CSS to add the ':' that trails each label, as this is a stylistic element - my preference.]
/* CSS */
div.settings {
display:grid;
grid-template-columns: max-content max-content;
grid-gap:5px;
}
div.settings label { text-align:right; }
div.settings label:after { content: ":"; }<!-- HTML -->
<div class="settings">
<label>Label #1</label>
<input type="text" />
<label>Long Label #2</label>
<span>Display content</span>
<label>Label #3</label>
<input type="text" />
</div>Answered a question such as this before, you can take a look at the results here:
Creating form to have fields and text next to each other - what is the semantic way to do it?
So to apply the same rules to your fiddle you can use display:inline-block to display your label and input groups side by side, like so:
CSS
input {
margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
display:inline-block;
*display: inline; /* for IE7*/
zoom:1; /* for IE7*/
vertical-align:middle;
margin-left:20px
}
label {
display:inline-block;
*display: inline; /* for IE7*/
zoom:1; /* for IE7*/
float: left;
padding-top: 5px;
text-align: right;
width: 140px;
}
updated fiddle
I use something similar to this:
<div class="form-element">
<label for="foo">Long Label</label>
<input type="text" name="foo" id="foo" />
</div>
Style:
.form-element label {
display: inline-block;
width: 150px;
}
You can also try using flex-box
<head><style>
body {
color:white;
font-family:arial;
font-size:1.2em;
}
form {
margin:0 auto;
padding:20px;
background:#444;
}
.input-group {
margin-top:10px;
width:60%;
display:flex;
justify-content:space-between;
flex-wrap:wrap;
}
label, input {
flex-basis:100px;
}
</style></head>
<body>
<form>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="input-group">
<label for="user_name">name:</label>
<input type="text" id="user_name">
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<label for="user_pass">Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="user_pass">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
I know this is an old thread but an easier solution would be to embed an input within the label like so:
<label>Label one: <input id="input1" type="text"></label>If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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