I am trying to align label : control, label: control in 2 rows.
But text in my 2nd row moves to little bit right as below image. How can I align label and control in same line for second row also? These are generic forms so I dont want to add any height added to class. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Here is my Code
<div class="editor-label"><label for="DocumentSignature">This is a test label with big text below and below</label></div>
<div class="editor-field"><input class="text-box single-line" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Document Signature Services Request URL field is required." id="DocumentSignature" name="DocumentSignature" type="text" value="">
<span class="field-validation-valid" data-valmsg-for="DocumentSignature" data-valmsg-replace="true"></span></div>
<div class="editor-label"><label for="DealSummary">This is next div text which moved to right</label></div>
<div class="editor-field"><input class="text-box single-line" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Deal Summary Template URL field is required." id="DealSummary" name="DealSummary" type="text" value=""> <span class="field-validation-valid" data-valmsg-for="DealSummary" data-valmsg-replace="true"></span></div>
.editor-label {
max-width: 150px;
font-weight: 200;
font-size: 14pt;
letter-spacing: 0.01em;
line-height: 22pt;
float: left;
display: block;
}
.editor-field {
padding-bottom: 10px;
line-height: 22pt;
font-size: 10pt;
clear: right;
}
.label {
width: 180px;
display: block;
text-align: right;
margin-right: 15px;
}
Please see here for JsFiddle Demo
You have to wrap single row with one parent div and then clear all float at that div.
HTML:
<div class='single_row'>
<div class="editor-label"><label for="DocumentSignature">This is a test label with big text below and below</label></div>
<div class="editor-field"><input class="text-box single-line" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Document Signature Services Request URL field is required." id="DocumentSignature" name="DocumentSignature" type="text" value="" />
<span class="field-validation-valid" data-valmsg-for="DocumentSignature" data-valmsg-replace="true"></span></div>
</div>
<div class='single_row'>
<div class="editor-label"><label for="DealSummary">This is next div text which moved to right</label></div>
<div class="editor-field"><input class="text-box single-line" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Deal Summary Template URL field is required." id="DealSummary" name="DealSummary" type="text" value=""> <span class="field-validation-valid" data-valmsg-for="DealSummary" data-valmsg-replace="true"></span></div>
</div>
CSS:
.editor-label {
max-width: 150px;
font-weight: 200;
font-size: 14pt;
letter-spacing: 0.01em;
line-height: 22pt;
float: left;
display: block;
}
.single_row{ clear:both;}
.editor-field {
padding-bottom: 10px;
line-height: 22pt;
font-size: 10pt;
clear: right;
}
.label {
width: 180px;
display: block;
text-align: right;
margin-right: 15px;
}
Add a container that will contain both .editor-field and .editor-label. Without this, it will be very difficult if not impossible to make then work together.
<div class="editor-element">
<div class="editor-label">...</div>
<div class="editor-field">...</div>
</div>
Make this container "contain" the floated elements, so either add overflow: hidden, some kind of float or clearfix to it:
.editor-element {
overflow: hidden;
}
jsFiddle Demo
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I have rows consisting of two elements that I'd like to align by the second element (they're input boxes, and it's nice to have them all line up vertically). The solution I behaves exactly how I want when the elements fit onto one line, I don't want to be using the width of the first element to set the horizontal position. This starts to act weird in small windows or on mobile (when the width of the label is more than 45% of the screen it starts wrapping again).
What would be the proper way to achieve the same result?
FIDDLE
HTML:
<label>Test</label>
<input type="number" value="0">
<br />
<label>Test longer</label>
<input type="number" value="0">
<br />
<label>Test longest text</label>
<input type="number" value="0">
<br />
CSS:
label {
display: inline-block;
float: left;
width: 45%;
text-align: right;
padding: 2px;
margin: 2px;
}
input {
display: inline-block;
float: left;
width: 200px;
padding: 2px;
margin: 2px;
}
You can use flex properties to display rows and columns and remove float
<div class="flex">
<label>Test</label>
<input type="number" value="0">
</div>
<div class="flex">
<label>Test longer</label>
<input type="number" value="0">
</div>
<div class="flex">
<label>Test longest text</label>
<input type="number" value="0">
</div>
in css
.flex {
display:flex;
}
label {
width: 45%;
text-align: right;
padding: 2px;
margin: 2px;
}
input {
width: 200px;
padding: 2px;
margin: 2px;
}
#media(max-width:200px){
.flex{
display:block;
}
}
and use media queries for screen below 200px(or your preference) to make the text and input appear vertically
I took the following HTML:
<div class="small-6 columns">
<input id="temp-id-2" class="replace-checkbox" type="checkbox" checked="checked">
<label for="temp-id-2" class="checkbox-label">Taxable?</label>
</div>
And implemented it in razor:
<div class="small-6 columns">
#Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.InventoryItem.Taxable, new { #class="replace-checkbox", id="temp-id-2" })
#Html.LabelFor(m => m.InventoryItem.Taxable, new { #class="checkbox-label", #for="temp-id-2" })
</div>
It is getting rendered like this:
<div class="small-6 columns">
<input checked="checked" class="replace-checkbox" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Taxable field is required." id="temp-id-2" name="InventoryItem.Taxable" type="checkbox" value="true" />
<input name="InventoryItem.Taxable" type="hidden" value="false" />
<label for="temp-id-2" class="checkbox-label">Taxable?</label>
</div>
And I have the following css:
form.app-form label.checkbox-label {
display: block;
visibility: visible;
font-weight: bold;
cursor: pointer;
color: #5c5c5c;
padding: 9px 10px;
padding-left: 40px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 10px center;
background-image: url("../images/field-check-inactive-10.png");
background-position: right center; padding-left: 10px;
}
form.app-form .replace-checkbox {
position: absolute;
overflow: hidden;
clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
height: 1px;
width: 1px;
margin: -1px;
padding: 0;
border: 0; }
form.app-form .replace-checkbox:checked + label.checkbox-label {
padding-left: 40px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 10px center;
background-image: url("../images/field-check-10.png");
background-position: right center;
padding-left: 10px;
}
When I run the plain HTML, I am able to check the checkbox and it changes from a greyed out check mark to a darkened in check mark. However, when I render it in razor, the checked state does not change. I noticed that the page is still detected that it is being checked because I can see the values change when I submit the form, but the css doesn't seem to get applied when it is in the checked state. I'm stumped. Any ideas?
As it turns out, the problem is with how MVC uses hidden fields to post data back to the controller. In this chunk:
<div class="small-6 columns">
<input checked="checked" class="replace-checkbox" data-val="true" data-val-required="The Taxable field is required." id="temp-id-2" name="InventoryItem.Taxable" type="checkbox" value="true" />
<input name="InventoryItem.Taxable" type="hidden" value="false" />
<label for="temp-id-2" class="checkbox-label">Taxable?</label>
</div>
It added the hidden field element which broke the css selector form.app-form .replace-checkbox:checked + label.checkbox-label which selects the label immediately following the checkbox. Since it no longer immediate follows the checkbox, it never gets applied.
My fix (for now) for this was to change the + to a ~
I have been spending the entire day trying to figure out how I can create big forms and at the same time maintain a proper design of the layout.
Currently I'm using formee (style and 960 grid system), which I have tried to turn into an inline form rather than row based (default). Unfortunately it gets really messy and looks horrible.
To give an visual understanding of what I want to archieve I have created a mockup.
How can I solve issue?
Here is such an example: http://jsfiddle.net/PhilippeVay/gaegv/2/
HTML:
<fieldset class="group">
<legend>First logical group of items</legend>
<div class="col">
<p class="text">
<label for="label1">Field label 1</label>
<input type="text" id="label1" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label2">Field label 2</label>
<input type="text" id="label2" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label3">Field label 3</label>
<input type="text" id="label3" />
</p>
</div>
<div class="col">
<p class="text">
<label for="label4">Field label 4</label>
<input type="text" id="label4" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label5">Field label 5</label>
<input type="text" id="label5" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label6">Field label 6</label>
<input type="text" id="label6" />
</p>
</div>
</fieldset>
<div class="group fieldset-like">
<p class="textarea">
<label for="label7">Field label 7</label>
<textarea id="label7">some text (test font-size)</textarea>
</p>
</div>
<div class="group">
<fieldset class="col">
<legend>Third legend</legend>
<p class="text">
<label for="label8">Field label 8</label>
<input type="text" id="label8" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label9">Field label 9</label>
<input type="text" id="label9" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label10">Field label 10</label>
<input type="text" id="label10" />
</p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset class="col">
<legend>Fourth legend</legend>
<p class="text">
<label for="label11">Field label 11</label>
<input type="text" id="label11" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label12">Field label 12</label>
<input type="text" id="label12" />
</p>
<p class="text">
<label for="label13">Field label 13</label>
<input type="text" id="label13" />
</p>
</fieldset>
</div>
CSS:
.col {
float: left;
width: 36%;
padding: 2%;
background: #EEE;
}
.col + .col {
margin-left: 10%;
}
.col:after {
content: "";
display: block;
clear: both;
}
fieldset,
.fieldset-like {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid darkgreen;
}
.group {
margin: 20px 10px; /* must come after .fieldset-like rule */
}
label {
font-weight: bold;
cursor: pointer;
}
.text { /* because .radio and .checkbox are SO different! */
clear: both;
}
.text label,
.textarea label {
display: inline-block;
width: 39%;
margin-right: 1%;
text-align: right;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
.text input,
.textarea textarea {
display: inline-block;
width: 55%;
border: 1px solid darkgreen;
padding: 4px;
}
.textarea {
width: auto;
padding: 2% 4% 2% 4%;
}
/* label and textarea: also see above */
.textarea label {
width: 14.04%; /* 39% of 36% Yeah I know... */
margin-right: 0.36%; /* 1% of 36% */
background-color: lightgreen;
vertical-align: top; /* otherwise label is at the the bottom of a very high neighbor */
}
.textarea textarea {
width: 74%;
}
a class on paragraph allows to style the label according to the nature of the form element (you can't style a preceding sibling - or a parent - according to an element that comes after it in the DOM, in 2012 and in CSS3 at least ;) ).
you can use selector attributes with modern browsers: input[type="text"] but it's longer to write in a Fiddle AND then you must consider text, password and select element in HTML 4.01 and in HTML5 add email, number, tel, etc That'll multiply the length of your selectors. Or you can use a class on a parent to distinguish and group form elements. Former is needed if you're writing a general reset stylesheet for thousands of colleagues, latter is more efficient if you're also the one writing the HTML code.
.group contains 2 .col, it doesn't matter if it's columns in a fieldset or fieldsets in a div.
calculation of a width into an element having a width means multiplication. Draw it on a sheet of paper and write down each width. It'll allow you to not forget about a single one ;)
padding in percentage doesn't seem to work for input. Not sure about that.
widths on select are easier and cross-browser if you add box-sizing:
select {
-moz-box-sizing: content-box; /* Firefox, meet padding ... */
box-sizing: content-box; /* IE8+ */
padding: 4px 6px; /* example */
}
From a UX standpoint form labels that sit to the left of the field have a lower rate of user completion. The reason for this is that users have to read the label, associate the label to the field and then move their eyes back to the left again after completing filling in of the field. This causes minor eye fatigue and mental distraction.
Forms that have the highest rate of completion is when the label is above the field. The second highest is when the label is within the field. This will also give your form a cleaner look and give the impression to the end user that, even though it might be long. It's not a daunting form to complete.
I'm having a problem with getting my radio buttons laid out (and checkboxes) correctly in IE8 .. Firefox, Chrome, Opera all working however ..
Here is a screenshot of the problem
The code is below:
.row input (line 471) {
float: left;
display: inline;
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
margin-top: 0pt;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-bottom: 0pt;
margin-left: 0pt;
}
.row label (line 479) {
float: none;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 16px;
}
div.panes label (line 70) {
font-size: 95%;
font-weight: bold;
color: #222222;
line-height: 150%;
padding-bottom: 3px;
display: block;
}
<label for="AdditionalResponses_0__Response" id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_Label">Single answer</label>
<div class="row " id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response">
<input id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_one" name="AdditionalResponses[0].Response" type="radio" value="one" />
<label for="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_one" id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_one_Label">one</label>
<input id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_two" name="AdditionalResponses[0].Response" type="radio" value="two" />
<label for="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_two" id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_two_Label">two</label>
<input id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_three" name="AdditionalResponses[0].Response" type="radio" value="three" />
<label for="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_three" id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_three_Label">three</label>
<input id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_four" name="AdditionalResponses[0].Response" type="radio" value="four" />
<label for="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_four" id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_four_Label">four</label>
</div>
Sorry for the one long line, but that's how I got it through the source..
Try removing the height or float from .row input.
Avoid adjusting the line-height if you can, as well.
Looks like another case of IE Stepdown: Preventing Menu Stepdown
Are you trying to align them vertically or horizontally?
If vertically, add this to your css
.row label {
display: block;
}
and change your markup so that your inputs are wrapped by the labels. You wouldn't have to use the for="" attribute this way.
<label>
<input id="AdditionalResponses_0__Response_one" name="AdditionalResponses[0].Response" type="radio" value="one" />
one
</label>
If horizontally, add
.row input, .row label {
float: left;
display: block;
}
Im not sure but - did you try the clear property?
in your case the value would be left i think
w3 source
How to position a complex form with multiple fields in line across the screen?
Why are people so hell-bent on avoiding tables?
Tables are not deprecated and should be used when displaying content which logically belongs in a table.
If your form is logically grouped such that a table would be intuitive, please use a table.
Always be thinking: "What's the cleanest, simplest, most maintainable way to achieve this result."
If you want a fluid form with a variable number columns, then disregard this.
I prefer the slightly-more-semantic way, using a definition list:
<dl class="form">
<dt><label for="input1">One:</label></dt>
<dd><input type="text" name="input1" id="input1"></dd>
<dt><label for="input2">Two:</label></dt>
<dd><input type="text" name="input2" id="input2"></dd>
</dl>
Then your CSS:
dl.form {
width:100%;
float:left;
clear:both;
}
dl.form dt {
width:50%;
float:left;
clear:left;
text-align:right;
}
dl.form dd {
width:50%;
float:left;
clear:right;
text-align:left;
}
This should produce a form centered in the page, with the labels in the left column and the inputs in the right
There are many different ways to do this. It's all a matter of preference. What I typically do is have a wrapper div that contains all of the rows, and then a div block per row that contains the label, input, and validator. You can use the line-height CSS property to help you with vertical alignment. Example:
<div class="formWrapper">
<form>
<div class="formItem">
<label for="firstName">First Name:</label>
<input name="firstName" id="firstName" class="required" type="text" />
<span class="validator" style="display: none;">*</>
</div>
... <!-- Rinse repeat -->
</form>
</div>
<style type="text/css">
.formWrapper { width: 400px }
.formWrapper .formItem { line-height: 35px; height: 35px; }
.formWrapper label { width: 50px; }
.formWrapper input { width: 100px; border: 1px solid #000; }
.formWrapper .validator { padding-left: 10px; color: #FF0000; }
</style>
Hope that helps.
After looking at many many different solutions, I found the examples on this page (particularly the one from 'Fatal'?) some of the most helpful. But the extensive and tags did bother me a bit. So here is a little bit of a modification that some may like. Also, you find some sort of 'wrapper' or 'fieldset' style very necessary to keep the float from affecting other HTML. Refer to examples above.
<style>
.formcol{
float: left;
padding: 2px;
}
.formcol label {
font-weight: bold;
display:block;}
</style>
<div class="formcol">
<label for="org">organization</label>
<input type="text" id="org" size="24" name="org" />
</div>
<div class="formcol">
<label for="fax">fax</label>
<input type="text" id="fax" name="fax" size="2" />
</div>
<div class="formcol">
<label for="3">three</label>
<input type="text" id="3" name="3" />
<label for="4">four</label>
<input type="text" id="4" name="4" />
<label for="5">five</label>
<input type="text" id="5" name="5" />
</div>
<div class="formcol">
<label for="6">six</label>
<input type="text" id="6" name="6" />
</div>
That would be done using CSS by setting the "display" property to "inline" (since form elements are, by default, block level elements).
Do a search for "layouts without tables". Many sites describe formatting with CSS. Here is a simple intro: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/css/article.php/3642151
I suggest you blueprint CSS framework. Have a quick look at the demo page.
This is what I usually use when I need to design pretty complex forms.
HTML:
<fieldset> <legend>Consent group</legend> <form> <fieldset class="nolegend"> <p><label><span>Title</span> <input type="text" name="title" size="40" value="" /></label></p> <p><label><span>Short name</span> <input type="text" name="sname" size="20" value="" /></label></p> <p><label><br /><input type="checkbox" name="approval"> This consent group requires approval</label></p> </fieldset> <fieldset class="nolegend"> <p><label><span>Data use limitations</span> <textarea name="dul" cols="64" rows="4"></textarea></label></p> </fieldset> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form></fieldset>
CSS:
body, input, textarea, select { font: 1em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}input, textarea, select { font-size: .8em }fieldset,fieldset legend { background-color: #EEE;}fieldset { border: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 0 .5em .01em; top: 1.25em; position: relative; margin-bottom: 2em;}fieldset fieldset { margin: 0 0 1em 0;}fieldset legend { padding: .25em .5em 0 .5em; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold; margin-top: -1.25em; position: relative; *left: -.5em; color: #666;}fieldset form,fieldset .fieldset { margin: 0; padding: 1em .5em 0 .5em; overflow: hidden;}fieldset.nolegend { position: static; margin-bottom: 1em; background-color: transparent; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;}fieldset.nolegend p,fieldset.nolegend div { float: left; margin: 0 1em 0 0;}fieldset.nolegend p:last-child,fieldset.nolegend div:last-child { margin-right: 0;}fieldset.nolegend label>span { display: block;}fieldset.nolegend label span { _display: block;}
I omitted couple lines of CSS with Safari hacks. You can check out live version of this code.
Pace KyleFarris but I just had to give Ben S a vote for having the guts to mention tables. Just look at the variety of CSS solutions on this page and around the internet for a ridiculously simple problem. CSS may one day become a good solution, but for the time being replicating the simple row and column grid that the table tag provides is extremely complex. I have spent countless fruitless hours with this prejudice against tables for things like a form. Why do we do this to ourselves?
input fields, by default, are inline. Therefore, you can simply use line them up without Another option if you want them lined up correctly is as follows:
<div id="col1" style="float: left;>
<input type="text" name="field1" />
<br />
<input type="text" name="field3" />
</div>
<div id="col2" style="float: left;>
<input type="text" name="field2" />
<br />
<input type="text" name="field4" />
</div>
I prefer to use fieldset to group all elements and p for each form field.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
fieldset {
width: 500px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
fieldset legend {
font-weight: bold;
}
fieldset p {
clear:both;
padding: 5px;
}
fieldset label {
text-align: left;
width: 100px;
float: left;
font-weight: bold;
}
fieldset .Validator {
color: red !important;
font-weight: bold;
}
</style>
<head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Data</legend>
<p>
<label for="firstName">First Name:</label>
<input name="firstName" id="firstName" class="required" type="text" />
<span class="Validator" style="display: none;">*</span>
</p>
<p>
<label for="lastName">Last Name:</label>
<input name="lastName" id="lastName" class="required" type="text" />
<span class="Validator">*</span>
</p>
</fieldset>
</form>
</body>
</html>