Is there any way to have a fieldset width only be as wide as the controls in them?

Question

It seems that fieldset defaults to 100% width of its container. Is there any way that you can have the field set just be as big as the widest control inside the fieldset?

Answer 1

You can always use CSS to constrain the width of the fieldset, which would also constrain the controls inside.

I find that I often have to constrain the width of select controls, or else really long option text will make it totally unmanageable.

Answer 2

Use display: inline-block, though you need to wrap it inside a DIV to keep it from actually displaying inline. Tested in Safari.

<style type="text/css">
    .fieldset-auto-width {
         display: inline-block;
    }
</style>
<div>
  <fieldset class="fieldset-auto-width">
      <legend>Blah</legend>
      ...
  </fieldset>
</div>

Answer 3

fieldset {display:inline} or fieldset {display:inline-block}

If you want to separate two fieldsets vertically, use a single <br/> between them. This is semantically correct and no harder than it has to be.

Answer 4

i fixed my issue by override legend style as Below

.ui-fieldset-legend
{
  font-size: 1.2em;
  font-weight: bold;
  display: inline-block;
  width: auto;`enter code here`
}

Answer 5

try this

<fieldset>
   <legend style="max-width: max-content;" >Blah</legend>
</fieldset>

Answer 6

Unfortunately neither display:inline-block nor width:0px works in Internet Explorer up to version 8. I have not tried Internet Explorer 9. Much as I would like to ignore Internet Explorer, I can't.

The only option that works on Firefox and Internet Explorer 8 is float:left. The only slight drawback is that you have to remember to use clear:both on the element that follows the form. Of course, it will be very obvious if you forget ;-)