Fieldsets & Baseline Alingment

Try to line up labels and input fields so that the text baseline is consistent.

by audetwebdesign

HTML

<fieldset>
    <div class="field">
        <div class="label">A short label</div>
        <div class="value">Some text</div>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
        <div class="label">A long long long long long long long wrapping label</div>
        <div class="value">Some text</div>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
        <div class="label">A short label</div>
        <div class="value"><input value="A short label"/></div>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
        <div class="label">A long long long long long long long wrapping label</div>
        <div class="value"><input value="A long long long long long long long wrapping label"/></div>
    </div>
</fieldset>

CSS

* {
    font-family: sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
}

.field {
    clear: left;
    padding: 5px 0;
    background-color: lightgray;
    overflow: auto;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
    line-height: 2.00; /* Key property */
}

.label {
    float: left;
    width: 90px;
    background-color: yellow;
}

.value {
    margin-left: 95px;
    padding: 0 0 0 5px;
    background-color: lime;
}