Label and text box on the same line using css

Question

When creating a new asp.net mvc3 app you get the logon and register form with a label above the text field. I want to change it so that both the label and field are on the s

Answer 1

Although i have not tried the accepted answer by kinakuta, it requires you to re-arrange the Visual Studio generated view; I would approach as follows, if you don't want to re-arrange the autogenerated layout., i.e. to keep the format

<div class="editor-label" />
<div class="editor-field" />

<div class="editor-label" />
<div class="editor-field" />

etc...

The following CSS appears to work for me. Feel free to offer improvements. (it looks very similar to the answer by Pa0l0)

<style type="text/css">
    .editor-label, .display-label
    {
        clear:both;
        float:left;
        width:150px;
        margin:1em 0 0 0;
        font-weight:bold;
    }
    .editor-field, .display-field
    {
        margin:1em 0 0 0;   
        min-height:1.5em;
    }
</style>

Answer 2

I typically float my label left and the input lines up next to it. Here's an example: http://jsfiddle.net/qXFLa/

Here's an example of how I'd rearrange your code:

<div class="editor">
  @Html.LabelFor(m => m.UserName)
  @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.UserName)
  @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.UserName)
</div>

Then, for your css:

.editor label {
  float: left;
  width: 30px;   // just putting an example here - but give them a width to align better
  text-align: right; // this right-aligns them with the input
}

.editor input[type=text] {
  width: 80px; // just putting an example value in here to make your inputs uniform in length
  margin: 0 0 0 10px; // just some breathing room from the labels
}

Answer 3

I'm using this css

.editor-label
{   display: block;
    float: left; 
    padding: 0; 
    width: 150px;
    margin: 1em 1em 0 0;
}

.editor-field
{
    width:auto;
    margin: 0.5em 0 0 0;
    overflow: auto;
    min-height: 2em;
}

Answer 4

A few of these answers wasn't quite what I was looking for. This bit in my CSS seems to work for my needs.

input,
select,
textarea{
    display:inline-block !important;
}