Displaying labels in the same row - html

Question

I have this HTML code
<div style="display:inline" >
<div>
<label>NOM:</label>
</div>
<div>
<label>Ben felten</label>
</div>
</div>
I got this result:
I need to change my code to get a result like this :
I need the two labels displayed in the same line and each div (parent to each label) having a width of 50 percent of the page's width.
How can i change my snipet to do that?
Thanks

Answer 1

Try something like this:
<div style="display:inline" >
<div style="float: left; width: 50%;">
<label>NOM:</label>
</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 50%;">
<label>Ben felten</label>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

You need display inline for more than just the parent div.
div{
display:inline;
}
label{
display:inline;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/SVH5C/

Answer 3

add a class to your main div:
<div class="main">
<div >
<label>NOM:</label>
</div>
<div>
<label>Ben felten</label>
</div>
</div>
and in your css:
.main div{width: 50%; float: left;}
Or if those inside divs are realy there just for the labels there's no need for them to exist and you can style the labels directly, like:
<div class="main">
<label>NOM:</label>
<label>Ben felten</label>
</div>
CSS:
.main label{display: block; width: 50%; float: left;}

Answer 4

HTML:
<div>
<div class="label-container">
<label>NOM:</label>
</div>
<div class="label-container">
<label >Ben felten</label>
</div>
<div class="labels-end"/>
</div>
CSS:
div.labels-end{
clear: both;
}
div.label-container{
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
And the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/RsK5N/3/
Div "labels-end" is not mandatory if labels spread over the entire width like in this case.
Without extra clear: both styled div browser will try to put the latter content in the same line as your labels. So it works without this div but only because there is no more width available.

Answer 5

You can also use inline-blocks and table-cells as follows.
Using inline-blocks
<div class="ex1">
<label>NOM:</label><label>Ben felten</label>
</div>
div.ex1 {
border: 1px dashed gray;
width: auto; /* will take the width of parent (page) container */
}
div.ex1 label {
display: inline-block;
width: 50%;
background-color: beige;
overflow: auto;
vertical-align: top;
}
Using CSS table-cells
<div class="ex2">
<label>NOM:</label><label>Ben felten</label>
</div>
div.ex2 {
border: 1px dashed gray;
width: 100%; /* will take the width of parent (page) container */
display: table;
}
div.ex2 label {
display: table-cell;
width: 50%;
background-color: beige;
}
If you use inline blocks, you need to be careful about any white space between the two label elements since any white space will add to the width of the line and will cause the second label to wrap to a second line. Use vertical-align: top to get rid of the extra white space below the labels which arises because of the inline formatting.
The extra white space issue does not arise with table-cells. Use width: 100% on the table div to make it fill up the width of the parent container (auto gives a shrink-to-fit width).
See demo: http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/Nb24q/
Comment: You don't need to wrap the label elements in div unless you need them for some other reason.