Bootstrap : horizontal fields inside vertical form - css

I'd like to have some "horizontally styled" fields inside a "vertically styled" form with Bootstrap.
How can I do that (if possible)?

You can leverage Bootstrap's existing classes (checkbox.inline)to get the effect you're looking for. The key to making it look right is to specify padding-left: 0px; on the labels:
<div class="control-group">
<div class="controls">
<label class="checkbox inline" style="padding-left: 0px;" for="inputColor">Favorite Color <input type="text" id="inputColor" class="span2" /></label>
<label class="checkbox inline" style="padding-left: 0px;" for="inputNColor">Next Color <input type="text" id="inputNColor" class="span2" /></label>
</div>
</div>
Please see http://jsfiddle.net/jhfrench/Hzucn/ for a working example.
I tried to create a new class for you (along the lines of .controls-row label.inline { padding-left: 0px;} so you wouldn't have to do styling on the element, but it caused more conflicts than I anticipated. So if you're going to use this solution pervasively, you might want to invest the time in untangling that...

You can use similar formatting to .form-horizontal implementation in bootstrap. (scroll sown to Horizontal Forms here: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/base-css.html#forms)
Wrap your labels and form elements in grouping divs (that's what .control-group does in Horizontal Form layout in bootstrap).
Float labels left to show them in horizontal alignment with the fields.
label.horizontal {
float: left;
width: 160px;
padding-top: 5px;
margin-right: 20px;
text-align: right;
}
In the above example, labels with class .horizontal will be "horizontally styled" and the rest "vertical" or default form layout.

there is a class ready to use on bootstrap!
check this example:
<div class="span6">
<form>
<div class="controls controls-row">
<input id="name" name="name" type="text" class="span3" placeholder="Name">
<input id="email" name="email" type="email" class="span3" placeholder="Email address">
</div>
<div class="controls">
<textarea id="message" name="message" class="span6" placeholder="Your Message" rows="5"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="controls">
<button id="contact-submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary input-medium pull-right">Send</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>

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Reduce spacing between bootstrap horizontal form controls

I would like to remove all the extra spacing between my form controls using bootstrap 4 horizontal form to make it more compact and smaller. I added the css below which removes some of the spacing, but the spacing between label and input is still there and I cant figure out how to remove it.
.form-group {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
Use !important to prevent override:
.form-group {
margin-bottom: 0px!important;
}
Or use bootstrap 4 spacing:https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/spacing/
<div class="form-group mb-0">
For example:
.space .form-group {
margin-bottom: 0px!important;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<form action="/action_page.php">
<h1>Without space</h1>
<div class="space">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Enter email" name="email">
</div>
<div class="form-grou">
<label for="pwd">Password:</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="pwd" placeholder="Enter password" name="pwd">
</div>
</div>
<h1>With space</h1>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" placeholder="Enter email" name="email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="pwd">Password:</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="pwd" placeholder="Enter password" name="pwd">
</div>
</form>
Bootstrap sets a default margin-bottom on the .form-group class:
By default it only applies margin-bottom
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/components/forms/#form-groups
If youre using precompiled bootstrap just overwrite it using a stronger selector (aka proper cascading).
If youre compiling bootstrap yourself just set the $form-group-margin-bottom variable to whatever value you desire (e.g. 0).
I solved it by adding
label {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
It works fine now.

Using html input size/maxlength with bootstrap's form-control

I came across an interesting issue when trying to use html5's form size/maxlength and bootstrap.
The size is overridden by boostrap's .form-control class, but removing it causes the input to lose its styling.
Code pen : http://codepen.io/rkhayat/pen/JoeBqx
Thanks
<div class="container">
<div class="form-group">
<p>Phone</p><input class="form-control" id="inputPhone" maxlength=
"3" name="phone" required="required" size="3" title="" type="tel"
value="">
</div>
</div><!--with form-control-->
<div class="container">
<p>Notice that removing form-control loses ALL styling, but keeps the
size from html size input</p>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="form-group">
<p>Phone</p><input id="inputPhone" maxlength="3" name="phone"
required="required" size="3" title="" type="tel" value="">
</div>
</div><!--without form-control-->
Edit: Researching I have found this http://getbootstrap.com/css/#column-sizing
Implemented bootstrap's recommended fix, feels like a hack.
<div class="col-xs-4">
<div class="form-group">
<p>Phone</p>
<div class="col-xs-3">
<input type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" value="" size="3" maxlength="3" required="required" title="">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-3">
<input type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" value="" size="3" maxlength="3" required="required" title="">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-4">
<input type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" value="" size="4" maxlength="4" required="required" title="">
</div>
</div>
</div>
I use am using cols to size width of lots of form elements (particularly whole form-groups). I just call them class="skinny" and then add:
.skinny{
padding-left:0;
}
Works fine for me so far. have not tried for maxlength but this solve my major layout headache!
Update This question has been viewed a lot, here's a blog post I wrote about it!
http://blog.dnwebdev.com/index.php/2015/07/28/my-bootstrap-toolbelt-phone-number-input/
Fixed it with the following if anyone is interested. Thank you #web2tips for your input. (Refer to question for html)
.phone-number .col-xs-3::after{
content: "-";
position:absolute;
right: 5px;
color: black;
border: 0px solid;
top: 5px;
}
.phone-number .col-xs-4{
width:25%;
}
.phone-number .col-xs-3, .phone-number .col-xs-4{
padding-left:0;
}
It's a shame that bootstrap's .form-control has width built in though.

use bootstrap to affix button on right of container

I am trying to use affix of bootstrap 3.
Its working fine but i need to do the button affix right to container not to window.
The problem i am facing is when i Ctrl-- to reduce screen size button get stick on right of window.(facing problem on large screen)
How can i stick button to right of container.so when screen size get large it display right to container.
Here is link: Fiddle link
.save-btn .affix {
top: 100px;
right: 0px;
}
.container {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<form class="form-horizontal" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="exampleInputEmail1">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail1" placeholder="Enter email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword1" placeholder="Password">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="exampleInputFile">File input</label>
<input type="file" id="exampleInputFile">
<p class="help-block">Example block-level help text here.</p>
</div>
<div class="checkbox">
<label>
<input type="checkbox"> Check me out
</label>
</div>
<div class="save-btn">
<button name="submit" type="submit" value="Save" class="btn btn-orange btn-lg affix" data-spy="affix" data-offset-top="0">Save </button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The jsfiddle is using BS 2.x, but your markup is for Bootstrap 3.
I created a Bootply (which includes BS 3 automatically): http://www.bootply.com/95296
I think you want to use pull-right and not affix to pull the button to the right.

Bootstrap - form elements auto layout

I have the following form, I want to have 3 items in a row.
Since it is auto generated I cant really change to much the html.
I cant have dynamic span for each column.
With the limitations I have here, is it possible to break the code bellow so Ill have 3 fields in a row?
http://fiddle.jshell.net/52VtD/446/
<div class="row-fluid">
<input id="Id" name="Id" type="hidden">
<div class="span1">
<label>
Email Address
</label>
<input class="form-control" id="Email" name="Email" type="text">
</div>
<div class="span1">
<label>
Full Name
</label>
<input class="form-control" id="FullName" name="FullName" type="text">
</div>
<div class="span1">
<label>
Active?
</label>
<input class="form-control" id="IsActive" name="IsActive" type="text">
</div>
<div class="span1">
<label>
Password
</label>
<input class="form-control" id="Password" name="Password" type="password">
</div>
<input name="Avatar.Id" type="hidden">
<div class="span1">
<label>
Upload image
</label>
<input class="form-control" id="Avatar.FileContent" name="Avatar.FileContent" placeholder="Select an image" type="file">
</div>
</div>
Sometimes, it helps not over thinking Bootstrap. Also note, this is Bootstrap 3 I'm using.
If you're looking to have "three items" in a row, including the labels, that can be created with 6 columns. 3 per label and 3 per input.
http://fiddle.jshell.net/pLSD9/1/
In this case, you don't use any of the built in form layouts like .form-inline. You use the Bootstrap grid and place your elements in it accordingly. Since Bootstrap gives it's form input elements 100% width, they'll fill the grid space.
I used the "sm" size grid so when the form gets to what Bootstrap considers a "small" size, it will stack the elements. Since JSFiddle brings the page down into windows,you might have to adjust the window size to see the grid layout.
I hope that helps!
Cheers!
You're going to break Bootstrap a lot, but if you could give the container an id and style it this way:
#form-container {
width: 700px;
}
#form-container .row-fluid .span1 {
float: left;
margin-right: 10px;
}
To get this result: http://fiddle.jshell.net/52VtD/448/

Format and position of checkboxes with CSS

I've got a set of checkboxes I would like to position using CSS. This is how they are rendered:
<div id="edit-event-type" class="form-checkboxes">
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox form-item-event-type-pubQuiz">
<input type="checkbox" id="edit-event-type-pubquiz" name="event_type[pubQuiz]" value="pubQuiz" class="form-checkbox">
<label class="option" for="edit-event-type-pubquiz">Pub Quiz </label>
</div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox form-item-event-type-dancing">
<input type="checkbox" id="edit-event-type-dancing" name="event_type[dancing]" value="dancing" class="form-checkbox">
<label class="option" for="edit-event-type-dancing">Dancing </label>
</div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox form-item-event-type-foodDeals">
<input type="checkbox" id="edit-event-type-fooddeals" name="event_type[foodDeals]" value="foodDeals" class="form-checkbox">
<label class="option" for="edit-event-type-fooddeals">Food Deals </label>
</div>
<div class="form-item form-type-checkbox form-item-event-type-liveMusic">
<input type="checkbox" id="edit-event-type-livemusic" name="event_type[liveMusic]" value="liveMusic" class="form-checkbox">
<label class="option" for="edit-event-type-livemusic">Live Music </label>
</div>
</div>
//Other form elements come after.
At the moment, they are getting displayed stacked one on top of another and I would like them to be displayed in stackes of, say 4. So I would like them to be displayed like this:
http://i.imgur.com/SvIQv.png
However, I have limited control over the markup so ideally I would like it all to be done in CSS. I have tried float:left and assigning them a right margin, but when I do that, although they are in stacks of 4, there is an issue where they are not aligned properly. Has anyone had an issue like this before?
Thanks,
give all container divs this class "form-type-checkbox" (also the first - its missing it). also add a container to all this.
css:
.container-of-all {
overflow: auto;
background: #000000;
}
.form-type-checkbox {
float: left;
width: 100px;
margin: 5px 10px 5px 10px;
}
maybe you need to reposition the labels or checkboxes itself a bit to get them on a pretty baseline.

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