Display inline or float without breaking - without using media queries - html

Question

When I try to add float left or display inline, things break. Currently, I have a max-width of 1000px for the form. What I was hoping is somehow, the first, and last name will automatically float side by side if it is wide enough. So perhaps a min-width for inputs First and Last name?
Important note: I wrote this to test out writing CSS DRY code. You notice if you change the font size, the whole project changes size, So this is important to me. Also, I do not want to use media queries.
I am aware that I may need to change my approach, and I am open to that as well. Not so much looking for an exact code answer.
form {
text-align: center;
}
form ul, form li, form input, form label {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
form ul {
font-size: 100%;
border: 3px solid #000;
border-radius: .3em;
max-width: 1000px;
margin: 50px auto;
list-style: none;
overflow: hidden;
}
form li {
position: relative;
border-bottom: inherit;
border-bottom: 3px solid;
}
form label {
position: absolute;
border-bottom: 1px dotted;
border-bottom-color: inherit;
width: 100%;
padding: .3em .3em;
padding-bottom: .1em;;
top: 0; left: 0;
font-size: .6em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
form input, form input:focus {
text-transform: capitalize;
text-align: inherit;
background: transparent;
border: none;
width: 100%;
font-size: 2em;
padding: .7em .1em;
padding-bottom: .2em;;
}
form input:focus {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 0, .2);
}
form input[type="submit"] {
text-transform: uppercase;
padding-bottom: 1.8em;
font-size: .6em;
height: 1.5em;
background-color: #ddd;
}
<form action="">
<ul>
<li>
<input id="first-name" type="text" autofocus>
<label for="first-name">First Name</label>
</li>
<li>
<input id="last-name" type="text">
<label for="last-name">Last Name</label>
</li>
<li>
<input id="username" type="text">
<label for="username">Username</label>
</li>
<li>
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</li>
</ul>
</form>

Answer 1

Flexbox is the most modern solution to this problem. However, remember to add the necessary prefixes for some browsers. If IE9 support is necessary, see the float solution below:
HTML
<form action="">
<ul>
<li class="split">
<input id="first-name" type="text" autofocus>
<label for="first-name">First Name</label>
</li>
<li class="split">
<input id="last-name" type="text">
<label for="last-name">Last Name</label>
</li>
<li class="fill">
<input id="username" type="text">
<label for="username">Username</label>
</li>
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</ul>
</form>
CSS
form {
text-align: center;
}
form ul, form li, form input, form label {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
form ul {
font-size: 100%;
border: 3px solid #000;
border-radius: .3em;
max-width: 1000px;
margin: 50px auto;
list-style: none;
overflow: hidden;
}
form li {
position: relative;
border-bottom: inherit;
border-bottom: 3px solid;
}
form label {
position: absolute;
border-bottom: 1px dotted;
border-bottom-color: inherit;
width: 100%;
padding: .3em .3em;
padding-bottom: .1em;;
top: 0; left: 0;
font-size: .6em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
form input, form input:focus {
text-transform: capitalize;
text-align: inherit;
background: transparent;
border: none;
width: 100%;
font-size: 2em;
padding: .7em .1em;
padding-bottom: .2em;;
}
form input:focus {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 0, .2);
}
form input[type="submit"] {
text-transform: uppercase;
padding-bottom: 1.8em;
font-size: .6em;
height: 1.5em;
background-color: #ddd;
}
#media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
li {
clear: both;
}
li.split {
width: 50%;
float: left;
clear: none;
}
}
https://jsfiddle.net/qefo9eLr/

Answer 2

.fl-name {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}

Answer 3

you can try to use bootstrap grid system
this way u can have the inputs into columns
bootstrap grid system
look at this fiddle:
gri system sample
<div class='row'>
<div class="col-xs-2">Hi</div>
<div class="col-xs-2">Hi</div>
in your case col-xs-6 will give you 2 columns fullwidth

Answer 4

Not exactly sure if this is what you're going for, but it seems to fit your criteria.
form {
text-align: center;
}
form ul,
form li,
form input,
form label {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
form ul {
font-size: 100%;
border: 3px solid #000;
border-radius: .3em;
max-width: 1000px;
margin: 50px auto;
list-style: none;
overflow: hidden;
}
form li {
position: relative;
border-bottom: inherit;
border-bottom: 3px solid;
}
form label {
position: absolute;
border-bottom: 1px dotted;
border-bottom-color: inherit;
width: 100%;
padding: .3em .3em;
padding-bottom: .1em;
;
top: 0;
left: 0;
font-size: .6em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
form input,
form input:focus {
text-transform: capitalize;
}
form #fl-name {
display: inline-block;
}
form .floatMe {
float: left;
}
form .clearMe {
clear: right;
}
<form action="">
<ul>
<div class="fl-name">
<li class="floatMe">
<input id="first-name" type="text" autofocus>
<label for="first-name">First Name</label>
</li>
<li class="floatMe clearMe">
<input id="last-name" type="text">
<label for="last-name">Last Name</label>
</li>
</div>
<li>
<input id="username" type="text">
<label for="username">Username</label>
</li>
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</ul>
</form>

Answer 5

Here is another alternative using our old faithful floats: https://jsfiddle.net/mvpu6s5o/3/
The main difference is basically here:
form li {
width: 33.33%;
float: left;
}
form li:nth-child(3) {
float: right;
}
form li:last-child {
width: 100%;
clear: both;
}
I used a width with percentage to keep it fluid, so it'll adjust to different screen sizes. The li:nth-child(3) float the last input to the right, so we can get rid of a small gap at the end due to the 33.33% width. form li:last-child is used to clear both floats to the last input (since this too is an li).

Answer 6

I just change the semantic and apply flexbox. This is the result:
*, *:before, *:after {
box-sizing: inherit;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
align-items: center;
/background-color: #EB6361;
display: flex;
height: 100vh;
justify-content: center;
}
form {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 8px rgba(204,204,204,.85);
border-radius: 5px;
width: 500px;
}
form header {
background-color: #1ABC9C;
}
form header p {
color: #FFF;
font-family: 'ubuntu';
font-size: 15px;
padding: 15px 10px;
text-align: center;
}
form .body {
background-color: #EEE;
padding: 15px 20px;
}
form .body .block {
border: 2px solid #333;
border-radius: 4px;
overflow: hidden;
}
form .body .block:not(first-of-type) {
margin-top: 10px;
}
form .body .block:first-of-type > .group {
width: 98%;
}
form .body .block:first-of-type {
display: flex;
}
form .body .block .group {
display: flex;
flex-flow: column-reverse nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
}
form .body .block:first-of-type .group:first-of-type {
border-right: 2px solid #333;
}
form input {
background-color: transparent;
border: none;
color: #555;
font-size: 22pt;
padding: 6px 10px;
text-align: center;
}
form input:focus, form input:focus + label {
background-color: #F7F8E0;
}
form label {
border-bottom: 1px dotted #bbb;
color: #555;
font-family: 'ubuntu';
font-size: 11px;
padding: 2px;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
form footer {
overflow: hidden;
}
form footer button {
background-color: #F39C12;
color: #FFF;
cursor: pointer;
width: 100%;
border: none;
padding: 4px;
}
<form action="">
<header>
<p>Submit Query Form</p>
</header>
<section class="body">
<div class="block">
<div class="group">
<input type="text" />
<label for="">First Name</label>
</div>
<div class="group">
<input type="text" />
<label for="">Last Name</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="block">
<div class="group">
<input type="text" />
<label for="">Username</label>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<footer>
<button>Submit query</button>
</footer>
</form>

Answer 7

A very simple solution is with Flexbox.
Set the parent element to display type 'flex'.
Also set up flex wrap: wrap // This way the children will wrap if needed.
The children become flex objects. Since I want them to be even, I set them both to flex grow: 1
Set the children to flex-basis as 300px. // This is almost like a minimum width. This triggers the wrap.
body {
padding: 50px;
}
.main {
background-color: #e9e9e9;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.main input {
background-color: #e9e9e9;
}
.one {
flex-grow: 1;
flex-basis: 300px
}
.two {
flex-grow: 1;
flex-basis: 300px;
}
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="inline.css">
</head>
<body>
<form class="main">
<input type="text" class="one">
<input type="text" class="two">
</form>
</body>