I am currently trying to make a simple form. As an example, this is what I'm trying to get it to look like.
This is the current architecture for each field:
<p>
<label>First Name</label>
<input></input>
</p>
I struggle once I get to the CSS part. Here's a full example, and any help would be greatly appreciated
div {
text-align: center;
}
form p {
display: inline-block;
}
form label {
text-align: left;
display: block;
}
<div>
<form>
<p><label>Name:</label> <input type="text"></p>
<p><label>Password:</label> <input type="text"></p>
</form>
</div>
I just cannot figure out how to get a line break after the input with the current CSS.
can use float instead of inline-block
form {
max-width: max-content;
margin: auto;
}
form p {
float: left;
clear: left;
}
Related
I have a responsive form element which is supposed to be inline with a title, like so:
which is fine in Firefox because this is what I'm looking for.
But when we see the same code in Chrome (edit, same results in Blisk, Yandex and maybe all webkit browsers, along with MS Edge and IE11), this is what I get:
The code:
h1,
form {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
h1 {
font-size: 48px;
}
.field {
display: table-cell;
}
.field,
input {
width: 100%;
}
input,
.btn {
padding: 10px 16px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
<h1>Inline title</h1>
<form action="">
<div class="field">
<input type="text" placeholder="Email Address" />
</div>
<div class="field">
<button class="btn">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
Or, take a look at the code here (Codepen.io).
Does FF and Chrome handle the CSS differently? I feel that Chrome is showing the correct layout considering that the .field class has display: table-cell;, but I'm not sure about that. Is there a way to achieve what Firefox has shown in Chrome as well without removing the responsive nature of the input field?
Thanks.
Just remove the property: table-cell and make sure that everything is inline-block:
h1,
form {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
h1 {
font-size: 48px;
}
.field {
display: inline-block; /* instead of table-cell > inline-block */
}
input,
.btn {
padding: 10px 16px;
}
SEE demo here: CODEPEN
There is no need to use table-cell just use float:left and remove the width from field class.
h1,
form {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
h1 {
font-size: 48px;
}
.field {
float: left;/* Use floating here */
}
.field,
input {
/*width: 100%;*/
}
input,
.btn {
padding: 10px 16px;
}
<h1>Inline title</h1>
<form action="">
<div class="field">
<input type="text" placeholder="Email Address" />
</div>
<div class="field">
<button class="btn">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
I'm using a form like the following:
<form action="#" method="post">
<div class="row">
<label for="email">E-Mail</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
</div>
<div class="row">
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password">
<br>
<label for="passwordRepeat">Repeat Password</label>
<input type="password" name="passwordRepeat" id="passwordRepeat">
</div>
<div class="row">
<label for="phonenumber">Phone Number</label>
<input type="text" name="phonenumber" id="phonenumber">
</div>
</form>
with the following styles:
.row {
background-color: #eee;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 5px;
}
.row > * {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.row > label {
width: 200px;
}
Take a look at the JSFiddle.
I'm using a <br> tag to break the line between a bunch of elements with the property display: inline-block. I'm aware that it is of course bad practice to use <br> instead of margin and padding. That's the reason it became so unpopular.
As far as I know there is no good reason to not use a single <br> tag in an inline element as it is intended to be: As a line break in text without creating a new text section. With display: inline-block, you simulate the inline behaviour to your block elements. Spaces between elements appear as they would in an inline element.
In my case, the <br> is used instead of two wrapper <div>'s. I do like my HTML code clean, so I hesitate in using to many wrapper <div>'s. Is it bad practice to use a <br> in this exact case? I think it is very clear what happens here, if you just read the HTML flie. What do you think about that (without any prejudgments about <br> in general)?
I believe the answer is Yes. <br /> is for line breaks in text and not for positioning, But I will give you a situation where it would hurt you in the long run. Say you have a mobile layout for your fields, and you want them to be 100% width on small screens - with labels above... and then in another case you want them to vertically align next to another... and then in another situation land in a grid like setup. Those linebreaks are going to become cumbersome.
Here is a jsFiddle of that.
I did see someone using them in a clever way where they used display: none; on them at certain break points that rendered them inactive. I didn't expect that to work. I can only really imagine using them for:
Cosmo magazine
style - huge
text layouts
and even then I would use lettering.js to insert spans. But hey --- it's not that people will say you were wrong... it's what does the job best. And I don't think that <br /> ever really suits positioning.
With HTML5, it seems like everything has an element now, so div's are for positioning. That seems pretty semantic to me.
HTML
<div class="input-wrapper">
<label data-required="required">E-Mail</label>
<input type="email" name="email" />
</div>
CSS
.your-form .input-wrapper {
width: 100%;
float: left;
margin-bottom: 2em;
}
.your-form label {
display: block;
width: 100%;
float: left;
}
[data-required="required"]:after{
content: "*";
color: red;
font-size: .8em;
vertical-align: top;
padding: .2em;
}
.your-form input{
display: block;
width: 100%;
float: left;
}
#media screen and (min-width: 28em) {
.your-form label {
width: auto;
float: none;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
min-width: 10em;
}
.your-form input{
width: auto; /* overide previous rule */
float: none; /* overide previous rule */
display: inline-block; /* center vertically */
vertical-align: middle; /* center vertically */
/* min-width: 20em; */
font-size: 1.4em; /* just to show vertical align */
}
} /* end break point */
Yes, as you are using a content element for styling.
It might be shorter, but that doesn't mean it's cleaner.
Adding elements just for styling purposes should be avoided if possible.
And in this case it's possible: Demo
HTML:
<form action="#" method="post">
<div class="row">
<label>E-Mail <input type="text" name="email" /></label>
</div>
<div class="row">
<label>Password <input type="password" name="password" /></label>
<label>Repeat Password <input type="password" name="passwordRepeat" /></label>
</div>
<div class="row">
<label>Phone Number <input type="text" name="phonenumber" /></label>
</div>
</form>
CSS:
.row {
background-color: #eee;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 5px;
}
.row > label {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
width: 350px;
}
.row > label > input {
float: right;
}
I would avoid it where possible. You may be able to achive what you want, and not use floats by adding a margin to the input element like:
.row > input
{
margin-right:50%;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/pwtA4/
You may need to add some media queries if you want for smaller view ports
I'm having trouble containing CSS to a single div without scrambling everything.
I'm trying to get hospital/name/title/dep on seperate lines(vertical) with aligned text boxes then the other sections on the same line respectively(horizontal)
Any help would be greatly appreciated
<div class="main" id="boxalign">
<p>
<label>Hospital:</label> <input type="text"/><br>
<label>Name:</label> <input type="text"/><br>
<label>Title:</label> <input type="text"/><br>
<label>Department:</label> <input type="text"/><br>
</p>
</div>
CSS
#boxalign, label p{
display: inline-block;
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 70px;
text-align: right;
}
Not sure if my problem really shows with the code above so heres all of in jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/f8qa2/
I think your CSS selector is malformed, try this instead:
#boxalign label p {
display: inline-block;
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 70px;
text-align: right;
}
Also, rather than use <br>s to break lines, put each <label>/<input> pair in it's own <p>:
<div class="main" id="boxalign">
<p>
<label>Hospital:</label>
<input type="text" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Name:</label>
<input type="text" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Title:</label>
<input type="text" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Department:</label>
<input type="text" />
</p>
</div>
Fiddle
I don't think you meant to put that comma there, everything looks good without it.
#boxalign label p{
display: inline-block;
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 70px;
text-align: right;
}
Link
#boxalign, label p Means that you want to target elements with the id boxalign and p tags within labels.
#boxalign label p Means that you want to target p tags within labels with a parent element with the id boxalign.
I think you just have a rouge , and your p and label are the wrong way round in your selector.
Try
#boxalign p label{
display: inline-block;
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 70px;
text-align: right;
}
Example here
Your selector is wrong. It should be #boxalign p label {}.
label and p are round the wrong way based on your HTML.
remove the unceccesary "," from the css selector.
Hope that helps.
I have the following HTML and CSS. I am trying to have the IMG and then the BUTTON in the same line one next to the other. But they keep coming out one on top of the other.
<div class="cartAddingButton">
<img class="cartIcon" src="../BG/cartIcon1.png">
<form name="cartAdding" action="../cart/cartAdding.php" method="post">
<input type="button" value="<?php echo $lang['ADDTOCART']; ?>" class="addToCart" onclick="addtocart(<?php echo $itemId; ?>)" />
</form>
</div>
CSS:
.cartAddingButton {
text-align: right;
vertical-align: middle;
display: inline-block;
}
.cartIcon {
float: right; }
.addToCart {
float: right; }
That's because the button is within a <form> which is simply a block-level element .. you can try changing the display value of the form to display: inline-block; though remember that its width will only be as wide as its content, just like elements in the inline-formatting context.
form {
display: inline-block;
}
jsFiddle
I am designing a web page with multi line Label name & input type file. i tried very hard to arrange in same line sequence but failed to do. Is there any idea about it?
please take a look enter link description here , it looks very ugly and
I am not really sure what you are looking for, but check out the jsfiddle changes I had made. I modified both CSS classes a little bit.
Have a look at this tutorial: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/forms/
You can check this fiddle with the following modifications:
removing deprecated attributes align from div and moving inlined CSS style (style attribute) to the CSS file
same for b element used for the text of the label: span is better, and it's already bold as its parent. Or font-weight: bold; would be added in CSS
display: inline-block; is used instead of floats. No need to clear them afterward. IE7 and 6 need a fix (in comment) if you support them. This allow you to give the element a width (like you could do with any block element) and still get them on the same horizontal line (like you could do with any inline element). You'll have 4px due to whitespace in your HTML code, because whitespace shows up in inline element like two span separated by a space but there's a fix.
HTML code
<div id="divid1">
<p>
<label class="labelname"> <span> select Image* :</span>
<input type="file" name="file1" class="hide-file" />
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label class="labelname"> <span>XML File* :</span>
<input type="file" name="file2" class="hide-file" />
</label>
</p>
</div>
CSS
#divid1 {
padding: 50px;
}
.labelname {
width: 100%; /* or at least approx. 380px */
min-height: 30px;
display: block;
background: lightgreen;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 2px;
}
/* Only for IE7 */
/*.labelname span,
.hide-file {
display: inline;
zoom: 1;
}
*/
.labelname span {
display: inline-block;
width: 140px;
text-align: right;
background-color: lightblue;
}
.hide-file {
display: inline-block;
opacity:0.5;
}
now it looks good :)
html
<div id="divid1" align="center" style="padding:50px;">
<div class="formrow">
<label class="labelname" for="hide-file">Select Image* :</label>
<input type="file" name="file1" class="hide-file" />
</div>
<div class="formrow">
<label class="labelname" for="hide-file">XML File* :</label>
<input type="file" name="file2" class="hide-file" />
</div>
</div>
css
.labelname {
background: green;
font: bold 2px;
margin-bottom: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
float: left
}
.hide-file {
position: relative;
opacity: 0.5;
float: right
}
.formrow {
width: 400px
}