How can I get two form fields side-by-side, with each field’s label above the field, in CSS?

Question

I am stuck on figuring out some css, I need a section of my form to look like the following,

I have tried every variation I can think of,

I have given the labels a fixed width and floated them left, then given the inputs the same width and floated them left.

I am all out of ideas, how can I achieve this please?

Answer 1

You need an HTML element for each column in your layout.

I’d suggest:

HTML

<div class="two-col">
    <div class="col1">
        <label for="field1">Field One:</label>
        <input id="field1" name="field1" type="text">
    </div>

    <div class="col2">
        <label for="field2">Field Two:</label>
        <input id="field2" name="field2" type="text">
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.two-col {
    overflow: hidden;/* Makes this div contain its floats */
}

.two-col .col1,
.two-col .col2 {
    width: 49%;
}

.two-col .col1 {
    float: left;
}

.two-col .col2 {
    float: right;
}

.two-col label {
    display: block;
}

Answer 2

<form>
  <label for="company">
    <span>Company Name</span>
    <input type="text" id="company" />
  </label>
  <label for="contact">
    <span>Contact Name</span>
    <input type="text" id="contact" />
  </label>
</form>

label { width: 200px; float: left; margin: 0 20px 0 0; }
span { display: block; margin: 0 0 3px; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; }
input { width: 200px; border: 1px solid #000; padding: 5px; }

Illustrated at http://jsfiddle.net/H3y8j/