html form - make inputs appear on the same line

Question

I am struggling to make two html form inputs (first and last name) appear on the same line side by side. I have tried using float, but that seems to make the rest of the inputs go everywhere. Any advise would be greatly appreciated - here is my code:

HTML:

<form action="includes/contact.php" method="post">

    <label for="First_Name">First Name:</label>
    <input name="first_name" id="First_Name" type="text" />
    <label for="Name">Last Name:</label>
    <input name="last_name" id="Last_Name" type="text" /> 

    <label for="Email">Email:</label>
    <input name="email" id="Email" type="email" />

    <label for="Telephone">Telephone:</label>
    <input name="telephone" id="Telephone" type="tel" />

    <label for="Wedding">Wedding Date:</label>
    <input name="wedding" id="Wedding" type="date" />

    <label for="Requirements">Specific Requirements:</label>
    <textarea name="requirements" id="Requirements" maxlength="1000" cols="25" rows="6"> </textarea>

    <input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form> 

CSS:

#contactpage form {
  overflow: hidden;
  display: block;
}

#contactpage form label {
  margin-top:12px;
  font-size: 1.15em;
  color: #333333;
  font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

#contactpage form input {
  border: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
  box-shadow: none;
  -webkit-box-shadow: none;
  -moz-box-shadow: none;
  border-radius: 0px;
  -moz-border-radius: 0px;
  -khtml-border-radius: 0px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 0px;
}

#contactpage form input[type='text'] {
  width: 22%;
  display: inline!important;
  background: #F9F9F9;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  line-height: 1.4;
  padding: 6px;
}

#contactpage form input[type='email'],
#contactpage form input[type='tel'],
#contactpage form input[type='date'],
#contactpage form textarea {
  width: 94%;
  display: block;
  background: #F9F9F9;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  line-height: 1.4;
  padding: 6px;
}

#contactpage form input[type='submit'] {    
  float:right;
  clear:both;
  display: block;
  background: #F9F9F9;
  color: #333333;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  font-style: normal;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
  line-height: 1.2;
  padding: 20px 20px 40px;
}

#contactpage form input[type='submit']:hover {
  color: #FFFFFF;
  background: #f1bdb5;
}

Here is the JSBin Demo.

Answer 1

Try just putting a div around the first and last name inputs/labels like this:

<div class="name">
        <label for="First_Name">First Name:</label>
        <input name="first_name" id="First_Name" type="text" />

        <label for="Name">Last Name:</label>
        <input name="last_name" id="Last_Name" type="text" /> 
</div>

Look at the fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/XAkXg/

Answer 2

A more modern solution:

Using display: flex and flex-direction: row

form {
  display: flex; /* 2. display flex to the rescue */
  flex-direction: row;
}

label, input {
  display: block; /* 1. oh noes, my inputs are styled as block... */
}

<form>
  <label for="name">Name</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" />
  <label for="address">Address</label>
  <input type="text" id="address" />
  <button type="submit">
    Submit
  </button>
</form>

Answer 3

You can wrap the following in a DIV:

<div class="your-class">

  <label for="First_Name">First Name:</label>
  <input name="first_name" id="First_Name" type="text" />
  <label for="Name">Last Name:</label>
  <input name="last_name" id="Last_Name" type="text" /> 

</div>

Give each input float:left in your CSS:

.your-class input{
  float:left;
}

example only

You might have to adjust margins.

Remember to apply clear:left or both to whatever comes after ".your-class"

Answer 4

use table

<table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> 
<tr>
<td><label for="First_Name">First Name:</label></td>
<td><input name="first_name" id="First_Name" type="text" /></td>
<td><label for="last_name">Last Name:</label></td> <td> 
<input name="last_name" id="Last_Name" type="text" /></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td colspan="2"><label for="Email">Email:</label></td> 
<td colspan="2"><input name="email" id="Email" type="email" /></td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td colspan="4"><input type="submit" value="Submit"/></td> 
</tr> 
</table>

Answer 5

Wrap your multiple form elements in a div with a class that uses

display: table 

Inside that div, wrap each label and input in divs with a class that uses

display: table-cell

Stay away from floats!

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