Should I put input elements inside a label element?

Question

Is there a best practice concerning the nesting of label and input HTML elements?

classic way:

Answer 1

I prefer

  Firstname
  



  Lastname
  

over

Firstname


Lastname

Mainly because it makes the HTML more readable. And I actually think my first example is easier to style with CSS, as CSS works very well with nested elements.

But it's a matter of taste I suppose.

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If you need more styling options, add a span tag.

  Firstname
  



  Lastname
  

Code still looks better in my opinion.