I need the label to stay on the same line as the input field they are labeling. I want these elements to flow like they normally would when the window resizes, i just want the label to stick to the left of the input they are labeling. How would I do that? Any ideas?
<label for="id1">label1:</label>
<input type="text" id="id1"/>
<label for="id2">label2:</label>
<input type="text" id="id2"/>
ANSWERED: Josiah Ruddell's answer was on the right path, using a span instead of div gave me the correct behavior. Thanks!
<span style="white-space:nowrap">
<label for="id1">label1:</label>
<input type="text" id="id1"/>
</span>
<span style="white-space:nowrap">
<label for="id2">label2:</label>
<input type="text" id="id2"/>
</span>
put them both inside a div
with nowrap.
<div style="white-space:nowrap">
<label for="id1">label1:</label>
<input type="text" id="id1"/>
</div>
Put the input
in the label, and ditch the for
attribute
<label>
label1:
<input type="text" id="id1" name="whatever" />
</label>
But of course, what if you want to style the text? Just use a span
.
<label id="id1">
<span>label1:</span>
<input type="text" name="whatever" />
</label>
If you want they to be paragraph, then use it.
<p><label for="id1">label1:</label> <input type="text" id="id1"/></p>
<p><label for="id2">label2:</label> <input type="text" id="id2"/></p>
Both <label>
and <input>
are paragraph and flow content so you can insert as paragraph elements and as block elements.
<style>
.nowrap {
white-space: nowrap;
}
</style>
...
<label for="id1" class="nowrap">label1:
<input type="text" id="id1"/>
</label>
Wrap your inputs within the label tag
http://jsfiddle.net/jwB2Y/123/
The following CSS class force the label text to flow inline and get clipped if its length is more than max-length of the label.
.inline-label {
white-space: nowrap;
max-width: 150px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
float:left;
}
HTML:
<div>
<label for="id1" class="inline-label">This is the dummy text i want to display::</label>
<input type="text" id="id1"/>
</div>
Why don't You just use:
label {
display: block;
width: 50px;
height: 24px;
float: left;
}