Bootstrap checkbox input align vertically - html

Question

Using Bootstrap version 2.3.2, I have a form layout like the below image and since the checkbox has an inline label, there is an aligning issue.
Adding margin to input[type="checkbox"] only gives margin to the checkbox, not the inline label. How do I make it so the checkbox and its label vertically align to the text fields next to it?
Here is the
JS BIN if you are interested.

Answer 1

In your HTML add a class that will handle the checkbox margin:
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span3">
<label>label 1</label>
<input type="text" />
</div>
<div class="span3">
<label>label 2</label>
<input type="text" />
</div>
<div class="span3 checkbox">
<input type="checkbox" />test description
</div>
</div>
</div>
and in your CSS:
input[type="checkbox"] {
// i just remove this part..
}
.checkbox {
margin: 30px 0 0 0;
}
Don't put the margin on the checkbox, but on the parent div.
Check this jsFiddle.
Hope this helps

Answer 2

Try to always use something like this:
<div class="span3">
<label for="checkbox" class="checkbox">
<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" class="checkbox">test description
</label>
</div>
http://jsbin.com/itAdAWA/1/edit

Answer 3

How about putting a <label> before the checkbox like this? ..
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span3">
<label>label 1</label>
<input type="text">
</div>
<div class="span3">
<label>label 2</label>
<input type="text">
</div>
<div class="span3">
<label>test</label>
<input type="checkbox">
</div>
</div>
</div>
Bootply: http://bootply.com/86998

Answer 4

I just solved this exact problem in bootstrap 3, by simply limiting the height of inline checkboxes to 12 pixels. They are by default 40px, I don't know why !
<div class="checkbox-inline">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked" />
<span>My correctly aligned check-box</span>
</label>
</div>
add this in your css file (I personally have a css file named bootstrap-custom.css):
/*
Checkboxes in inline forms are misaligned because for an unknow reason they inherit a height of 40px !
This selector limit the height of inline checkboxes to 12px which is the perfect value to align them to
the other widgets in an inline form.
*/
.radio-inline, .checkbox-inline {
max-height: 12px;
}

Answer 5

Not ideal solution but change your code to ...
<div class="span5">
<input type="checkbox">test description</input>
</div>
and set the margin-top on that. I will result as you want - better.

Answer 6

Bootstrap v5+
<!-- mt-md-4 pt-md-3 this apply margin and padding only for desktop -->
<div class="col-md-3 mb-3 md-mt-4 md-pt-3">
<input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" id="flexCheckDefault">
<label class="form-check-label" for="flexCheckDefault">
Default checkbox
</label>
</div>