css label width not taking effect

Question

I have a generic form, which I\'d like to style to align the labels and the input fields. For some reason when I give a width to the label selector, nothing happens:

Answer 1

label's default display mode is inline, which means it automatically sizes itself to it's content. To set a width you'll need to set display:block and then do some faffing to get it positioned correctly (probably involving float)