How do I vertically align form elements in Bootstrap 3 columns? - html

Question

I have the following code, meant to vertically align a button in my Bootstrap form section:
HTML:
<div class="form-group">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9">
<label for="isbn">ISBN# (10 or 13)</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="isbn" placeholder="0000000000" />
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<button class="btn btn-default form-isbn" type="button">Check ISBN</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.form-isbn {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: bottom;
float: none;
}
For some reason, it's still not working as it should. Screenshot attached shows what is happening (seems that vertical alignment is...top by default? I need the button to sit at the bottom of the row to properly align with the input field that it's next to.
Any idea what the issue might be? I'm sort of dumbfounded, and I have looked at a couple similar questions here on SO, to no avail. :(

Answer 1

Try this one.
<div class="form-group">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="isbn">ISBN# (10 or 13)</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-9">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="isbn" placeholder="0000000000" />
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<button class="btn btn-default form-isbn" type="button">Check ISBN</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Hope this help.
*Try to disable the css you made for the .form-isbn

Answer 2

I came across this recently and wanted to achieve the same. One way to achieve with pure bootstrap classes is to push the input and button to a separate row and remove the bottom margin in the first row to bring the label as close to the input as before
<div class="form-group">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9 mb-0">
<label for="isbn">ISBN# (10 or 13)</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="isbn" placeholder="0000000000" />
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Check ISBN</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>