Here is what my work is so far:
http://jsfiddle.net/2RCBQ/
<div id="main">
<form>
<label>First Name:<input type="text" id="firstname"></label><br/>
<label>Last Name:<input type="text" id="lastname"></label><br>
<label>E-Mail:<input type="text" id="email"></label><br/>
<label>Phone:<input type="text" id="phone"></label><br/>
</form>
</div>
CSS
#main {
width:300px;
}
#main input {
float:right;
display:inline;
}
#main label {
color: #2D2D2D;
font-size: 15px;
width:250px;
display: block;
}
Currently, the label (on the left) is kind of towards to top of the input field (on the right). I want to vertically align them so the label since in the middle of the input field.
I've tried vertical-align and it does not work. Please help me try to figure out the problem. Thanks.
I feel nesting <span>
adds a lot of unnecessary markup.
display: inline-block
lets the <label>
and <input>
sit next to each other just like with float: right
but without breaking document flow. Plus it's much more flexible and allows more control over alignment if you (or the user's screen reader) want to change the font-size
.
Edit: jsfiddle
label, input {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: baseline;
width: 125px;
}
label {
color: #2D2D2D;
font-size: 15px;
}
form, input {
box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
}
form {
width: 300px;
}
<form>
<label for="firstname">First Name:</label><input type="text" id="firstname">
<label for="lastname">Last Name:</label><input type="text" id="lastname">
<label for="email">E-Mail:</label><input type="text" id="email">
<label for="phone">Phone:</label><input type="text" id="phone">
</form>
You can use flexbox css to vertical align.
Just wrap the parent element display-flex
.
.display-flex {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
html:
I add span in your label so we can add style specific for the text label:
<div id="main">
<form>
<label><span>First Name:</span><input type="text" id="firstname"></label><br/>
<label><span>Last Name:</span><input type="text" id="lastname"></label><br>
<label><span>E-Mail:</span><input type="text" id="email"></label><br/>
<label><span>Phone:</span><input type="text" id="phone"></label><br/>
</form>
</div>
css:
#main label span {
position:relative;
top:2px;
}
demo
You can enclose the <label>
elements in a span and set the span's vertical-align
to middle
HTML
<div id="main">
<form> <span><label>First Name:<input type="text" id="firstname" /></label></span>
<br/> <span><label>Last Name:<input type="text" id="lastname" /></label></span>
<br/> <span><label>E-Mail:<input type="text" id="email" /></label></span>
<br/> <span><label>Phone:<input type="text" id="phone" /></label></span>
<br/>
</form>
</div>
CSS
#main {
width:300px;
}
#main input {
float:right;
display:inline;
}
#main label {
color: #2D2D2D;
font-size: 15px;
}
#main span {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
width:250px;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/2RCBQ/2/
I think that the following is the only method that works for all input types.
label { display: flex; align-items: center; }
input { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
<label><input type="checkbox"> HTML</label>
<label><input type="radio"> JS</label>
<label>CSS <input type="text"></label>
<label>Framework
<select><option selected>none</option></select>
</label>
I put
because it seems to be the simplest way to align different input types; however, margins work just fine.