Twitter Bootstrap 3 inline and horizontal form - html

Question

I'm trying to migrate my Bootstrap 2 form to Bootstrap 3.
My current code and fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/mavent/Z4TRx/
.navbar-sam-main .navbar-toggle{
z-index:1;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Optional theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css" integrity="sha384-rHyoN1iRsVXV4nD0JutlnGaslCJuC7uwjduW9SVrLvRYooPp2bWYgmgJQIXwl/Sp" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<div class="" id="myDialog1">
<div class="" id="myDialog2">
<form role="form" class="" id="contactForm" onsubmit="send(); return false;">
<label>Please fill the form</label>
<br/><br/>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name">My Label 2</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="name" id="name" required="required" value="myName">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email">My Label 3</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" required="required">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="message">My Label 4</label>
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" id="message" required="required"></textarea>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit" style="margin-left: 40px">Send</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
I want inline behaviour, my label 2 will be next to text input, my label 3 will be next to text input. I also need horizontal behaviour, my label 4 will be on top of the textarea. My label 2's and my label 3's text box will be 4 column width, my label 4's width will be full width of the form.
How can I do this in Bootstrap 3 ?

Answer 1

Just because the docs suggest you should use the form controls does not mean you have to. You can just use the built-in grid system to achieve the layout. See http://bootply.com/82900 for a working example. Code below:
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Optional theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css" integrity="sha384-rHyoN1iRsVXV4nD0JutlnGaslCJuC7uwjduW9SVrLvRYooPp2bWYgmgJQIXwl/Sp" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<div class="container">
<form role="form">
<div class="row">
<label class="col-xs-4" for="inputEmail1">Email</label>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="inputEmail1" placeholder="Email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<label class="col-xs-4" for="inputPassword1">Password</label>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword1" placeholder="Password">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<label class="col-xs-12" for="TextArea">Text Area</label>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<textarea class="form-control" id="TextArea"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Sign in</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
Screenshot of above code rendered:
UPDATE: Just realized I dropped the label tags. Updated the answer, swapping <label> for <div>.
UPDATE: Updating code to reflect need to stay in this layout in small widths, as requested in comments below. See JS fiddle for a working example.

Answer 2

What you are looking for is not really in-line behaviour at all, just horizontal.
This code should help:
<div class="" id="myDialog1">
<div class="" id="myDialog2">
<form role="form" class="form-horizontal" id="contactForm" onsubmit="send(); return false;">
<label>Please fill the form</label>
<br><br>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name" class="col-lg-3 col-sm-3">My Label 2</label>
<div class="col-lg-7 col-sm-7">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="name" id="name" required="required" value="myName">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email" class="col-lg-3 col-sm-3">My Label 3</label>
<div class="col-lg-7 col-sm-7">
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" required="required">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="message" class="col-lg-3">My Label 4</label>
<div class="col-lg-10 col-sm-10">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" id="message" required="required"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit" style="margin-left: 20px">Send</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
And looks like this:
The col-sm-* tags are optional - they just stop the elements from stacking as you size the window down.
You can try it out here: http://bootply.com/82889

Answer 3

I had the same problem, here is my solution:
<form method="post" class="col-md-12 form-inline form-horizontal" role="form">
<label class="control-label col-sm-5" for="jbe"><i class="icon-envelope"></i> Email me things like this: </label>
<div class="input-group col-sm-7">
<input class="form-control" type="email" name="email" placeholder="your.email#example.com"/>
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Submit</button>
</span>
</div>
</form>
here is the Demo

Answer 4

you can try the code below
<div class="" id="myDialog1">
<form role="form" class="" id="contactForm" onsubmit="send(); return false;">
<div class="clearfix igr col-md-12">
<label>Please fill the form</label>
</div>
<div class="clearfix igr col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-2">
<label for="name">My Label 2</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="name" id="name" required="required" value="myName">
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearfix igr col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-2">
<label for="email">My Label 3</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" required="required">
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearfix igr col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-12">
<label for="message">My Label 4</label>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" id="message" required="required"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearfix igr col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-2">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default btn-primary" id="submit" >Send</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
and use the styles as:
label,textarea{
margin:5px 0;
}
.igr{
margin:15px 0;
}

Answer 5

Adding the class control-label to your labels should do the trick for you.