Having trobule getting two DIVs to vertically align - html

Question

I have two DIVs
<div class=“address”>
<div class="field"><input placeholder="City" class="textField" type="text" name="user[address][city]" id="user_address_city"></div>
<div class="select"><select class="selectField selectMenu form-control select-hidden" name="user[address][state]" id="user_address_state"><option value="">Select State</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="WY">Wyoming</option></select><div class="select-styled">Select State</div><ul class="select-options"><li rel="">Select State</li><li rel="AL">Alabama</li><li rel="WY">Wyoming</li></ul></div>
</div>
The problem I’m having is aligning both DIVs on the same vertical plain. Per this Fiddle — https://jsfiddle.net/7e0jthv1/ , the select menu is aligning at a higher vertical position than the other text field. This is the style I have for my input element
input {
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 18px;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: inherit;
padding: 0.4rem 0;
text-indent: 0.8rem;
border: none;
outline: none;
margin: 0;
background-color: transparent;
}
and this is the style for the DIV containing the select menu …
.select {
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
font-size: 16px;
color: #fff;
width: 220px;
height: 40px;
}
I can’t figure out why things aren’t aligning at the top.

Answer 1

You need to add vertical-align to your .select and .field containers.
You can do something like this and it will make the elements line up correctly:
.select, .field {vertical-align:top;}
https://jsfiddle.net/p40jeq9L/
EDIT: This is due to the fact that the elements are inline-block. The accepted answer in this post explains the reasons why pretty well: My inline-block elements are not lining up properly

Answer 2

Just add property CSS width.
So add width:100% to divs class="select" and class="field".
jsfiddle

Answer 3

You can do it using display: table, table-cell :
HTML :
<div class="profileField address">
<label for="user_address_address">Hometown</label><br>
<div class="fields-container">
<div class="field"><input placeholder="City" class="textField" type="text" name="user[address][city]" id="user_address_city"></div>
<div class="select">
<select class="selectField selectMenu form-control select-hidden" name="user[address][state]" id="user_address_state">
<option value="">Select State</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
<option value="CA">California</option>
<option value="CO">Colorado</option>
<option value="CT">Connecticut</option>
<option value="DE">Delaware</option>
<option value="DC">District of Columbia</option>
...
</select>
<div class="select-styled">Select State</div><ul class="select-options"><li rel="">Select State</li><li rel="AL">Alabama</li><li rel="AK">Alaska</li><li rel="AZ">Arizona</li><li rel="AR">Arkansas</li><li rel="CA">California</li><li rel="CO">Colorado</li><li rel="CT">Connecticut</li><li rel="DE">Delaware</li><li rel="DC">District of Columbia</li><li rel="FL">Florida</li><li rel="GA">Georgia</li><li rel="HI">Hawaii</li><li rel="ID">Idaho</li><li rel="IL">Illinois</li><li rel="IN">Indiana</li><li rel="IA">Iowa</li><li rel="KS">Kansas</li><li rel="KY">Kentucky</li><li rel="LA">Louisiana</li><li rel="ME">Maine</li><li rel="MD">Maryland</li><li rel="MA">Massachusetts</li><li rel="MI">Michigan</li><li rel="MN">Minnesota</li><li rel="MS">Mississippi</li><li rel="MO">Missouri</li><li rel="MT">Montana</li><li rel="NE">Nebraska</li><li rel="NV">Nevada</li><li rel="NH">New Hampshire</li><li rel="NJ">New Jersey</li><li rel="NM">New Mexico</li><li rel="NY">New York</li><li rel="NC">North Carolina</li><li rel="ND">North Dakota</li><li rel="OH">Ohio</li><li rel="OK">Oklahoma</li><li rel="OR">Oregon</li><li rel="PA">Pennsylvania</li><li rel="PR">Puerto Rico</li><li rel="RI">Rhode Island</li><li rel="SC">South Carolina</li><li rel="SD">South Dakota</li><li rel="TN">Tennessee</li><li rel="TX">Texas</li><li rel="UT">Utah</li><li rel="VT">Vermont</li><li rel="VA">Virginia</li><li rel="WA">Washington</li><li rel="WV">West Virginia</li><li rel="WI">Wisconsin</li><li rel="WY">Wyoming</li></ul></div>
</div>
</div>
CSS :
#import url("http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato");
.profileField {
padding: 10px;
font-family: 'Oxygen', sans-serif;
font-weight: 300;
font-size: 20px;
}
.profileField label {
margin-bottom: 10px;
float: left;
width: 100%;
}
.field {
border: 1px solid rgba(74, 74, 76, 0.5) !important;
float: none;
display: table-cell;
margin: 15px;
}
input {
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 18px;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: inherit;
padding: 0.4rem 0;
text-indent: 0.8rem;
border: none;
outline: none;
margin: 0;
background-color: transparent;
}
.address {
display: inline-block;
}
.select-hidden {
display: none;
visibility: hidden;
padding-right: 10px;
}
.select {
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
font-size: 16px;
color: #fff;
width: 220px;
height: 40px;
display: table-cell;
}
.select-styled {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 15px;
background-color: #c0392b;
padding: 8px 15px;
-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
}
.select-styled:after {
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 7px solid transparent;
border-color: #fff transparent transparent transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 16px;
right: 10px;
}
.select-styled:hover {
background-color: #b83729;
}
.select-styled:active, .select-styled.active {
background-color: #ab3326;
}
.select-styled:active:after, .select-styled.active:after {
top: 0px;
border-color: transparent transparent #fff transparent;
}
.select-options {
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
right: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: 999;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
background-color: #ab3326;
}
.select-options li {
margin: 0;
padding: 12px 0;
text-indent: 15px;
border-top: 1px solid #962d22;
-webkit-transition: all 0.15s ease-in;
transition: all 0.15s ease-in;
}
.select-options li:hover {
color: #c0392b;
background: #fff;
}
.select-options li[rel="hide"] {
display: none;
}
.fields-container {
display: table;
}
FIDDLE