Left Align of Text using CSS - css

Question

Here is the problem, I have a single-page application where I lay out a form:
Due to my novice CSS skill, I have not been able to left align the help text (in blue). Here is my HTML code:
label {
width: 15%;
display: inline-block;
text-align: right;
padding-right: 10px;
}
span.short_help {
font-size: 70%;
color: cornflowerblue;
padding-left: 10px;
}
<form>
<div>
<label for="Authentication">Authentication:</label>
<input type="text" name="Authentication" id="-Authentication" />
<span class="short_help">Authentication type, I, II, or III</span>
</div>
<br/>
<div>
<label for="Branch">Branch:</label>
<input type="text" name="Branch" id="Branch" />
<span class="short_help">Which regional branch.</span>
</div>
<br/>
<div>
<label for="Persistent">Persistent:</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="Persistent" id="Persistent" />
<span class="short_help">Persistent connection</span>
</div>
<br/>
</form>
If I fixed up the input field to make the controls the same width so the help text align, then the check box will be centered:
Here is what I added to the CSS above:
input {
width: 15%;
}
How can I have both the controls and the blue text left aligned?

Answer 1

Instead of setting a width on all input fields, wrap a div arround it with a class. In my example .input
Now you can set the width of the field without affecting the input width.
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
form {
max-width: 600px;
}
label, .input, span {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
margin-left: -4px;
}
label {
width: 20%;
}
.input {
width: 30%;
}
span {
color: cornflowerblue;
}
<form>
<div>
<label for="Authentication">Authentication:</label>
<div class="input">
<input type="text" name="Authentication" id="-Authentication" />
</div>
<span class="short_help">Authentication type, I, II, or III</span>
</div>
<br/>
<div>
<label for="Branch">Branch:</label>
<div class="input">
<input type="text" name="Branch" id="Branch" />
</div>
<span class="short_help">Which regional branch.</span>
</div>
<br/>
<div>
<label for="Persistent">Persistent:</label>
<div class="input">
<input type="checkbox" name="Persistent" id="Persistent" />
</div>
<span class="short_help">Persistent connection</span>
</div>
<br/>
</form>

Answer 2

Add an element to wrap around the inputs and make them the desired size:
<div>
<label for="Authentication">Authentication:</label>
<span class="spacer">
<input type="text" name="Authentication" id="-Authentication" />
</span>
<span class="short_help">Authentication type, I, II, or III</span>
</div>
<br/>
<div>
<label for="Branch">Branch:</label>
<span class="spacer">
<input type="text" name="Branch" id="Branch" />
</span>
<span class="short_help">Which regional branch.</span>
</div>
<br/>
<div>
<label for="Persistent">Persistent:</label>
<span class="spacer">
<input type="checkbox" name="Persistent" id="Persistent" />
</span>
<span class="short_help">Persistent connection</span>
</div>
And add CSS to format it:
span.spacer {
display: inline-block;
width: 15%;
}

Answer 3

I didn't quite get it, do you only want to align the checkbox or the blue text
To align the checkbox to the left, change
input {
width: 15%;
}
to
input[type="text"] {
width: 15%;
}

Answer 4

the input driver you can align your text to the left so
input
{
text-align: left;
width: 15%;
}
but the tag span can not be proque is an online element for more doubt read this site that talks about the span tag:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/span
You can also contain the span in a div and somehow achieve alignment