Relative positioning in CSS is completely different in Safari and Firefox? - css

Question

I am new to CSS and have been trying to create a web form with the radio buttons aligned next to text fields. However, in Firefox the radio boxes look fine, but when I check in Safari the radio boxes are in the middle of the text fields.
The CSS looks like this:
input#answers
{
display: block;
height: 31px;
left: 87px;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
width: 350px;
}
input[type="radio"]
{
display: inline- block;
height: 20px;
left: 249px;
position: relative;
top: -30px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
and the HTML like this:
<form id="quizCreator" name="quizCreator" method="post" action="quiz.maker.php">
<label><span><img src="images/quizcreatorText.ques.png" hspace="79px" vspace="70px" class="titles" /></span> <br />
<input type="text" name="question" id="question" />
</label>
<label><img src="images/quizcreatorText.ans.png" hspace="79px" vspace="70px" class="titles" id="ans" /> <br />
<input type="hidden" name="creator" value="myform" />
<br />
<input type="text" name="answer1" id="answers" />
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="radio" id="radio1" value="radio1" />
</label>
<label>
<input type="text" name="answer2" id="answers" />
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="radio" id="radio3" value="radio2" />
</label>
<label>
<input type="text" name="answer3" id="answers" />
</label>
<label>
<input name="radio" type="radio" class="radio" id="radio3" value="radio3" />
</label>
<label>
<input type="text" name="answer4" id="answers" />
</label>
<label>
<input name="radio" type="radio" id="radio4" value="radio4" />
</label>
<span><input type="image" src="images/quiznameText.next.png" name="nextPage" id="nextPage" class="nxtbutton" /></span>
</form>
I've tried using relative positioning and margins, but while it fixes the problems in Safari, Firefox then looks wrong. Is there a way to make them both work as I want with a single set of code? (And what about MSIE?)

Answer 1

You should not be using relative positioning for this.
The proper structure is something like this (not sure if you want the text before or after):
<div class="answers">
<ul>
<li><label>your text</label><input type="radio" /></li>
...repeat...
</ul>
</div>
CSS:
.answers ul, .answers li {
list-style-type:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.answers li {
clear:both
}
.answers label {
display:block;
float:left;
width:100px;
}
.answers input {
display:block;
float:left;
}