Forcing label to flow inline with input that they label

css input label
user366735 picture user366735 · Nov 17, 2010 · Viewed 110.8k times · Source

I need the label to stay on the same line as the input field they are labeling. I want these elements to flow like they normally would when the window resizes, i just want the label to stick to the left of the input they are labeling. How would I do that? Any ideas?

<label for="id1">label1:</label>
<input type="text" id="id1"/>
<label for="id2">label2:</label>
<input type="text" id="id2"/>

ANSWERED: Josiah Ruddell's answer was on the right path, using a span instead of div gave me the correct behavior. Thanks!

<span style="white-space:nowrap">
    <label for="id1">label1:</label>
    <input type="text" id="id1"/>
</span>
<span style="white-space:nowrap">
    <label for="id2">label2:</label>
    <input type="text" id="id2"/>
</span>

Answer

Josiah Ruddell picture Josiah Ruddell · Nov 17, 2010

put them both inside a div with nowrap.

<div style="white-space:nowrap">
    <label for="id1">label1:</label>
    <input type="text" id="id1"/>
</div>

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