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mur7ay
mur7ay

Reputation: 833

How to Place Two Input Fields Side-by-Side

I've been trying to place two input fields side-by-side for sometime now and and I can't get them to actually get inline. Here's my HTML: 

<div class="container">
    <div class="form-group name1 col-md-6">
        <label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="formText">FIRST NAME:*</label>
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverName">
    </div>

    <div class="form-group name2 col-md-6">
        <label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="formText">LAST NAME:*</label>
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverPhone">
    </div>
</div>

I'm trying to utilize Bootstrap as well, but I can't for the life of me get them to align side-by-side. Here's the corresponding CSS:

.name1 {
    float: left;
}   

.name2 {
    float: right;
}

#name {
    width: 223.67px;
    height: 40.25px;
}

.form-group {
    margin-left: 5%;
    margin-right: 5%;
}

.containerr {
    display: inline-block;
}

This is my output:

enter image description here

Whats the best way to place them side-by-side?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 31272

Answers (3)

Andrew Robinson
Andrew Robinson

Reputation: 258

#name {
    width: 223.67px;
    height: 40.25px;
}

.form-group {
    display: inline-block;
    width: calc(50% - 1px);
    padding: 0 !important;
}

.container {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 90%;
    margin-left: 5% !important;
    margin-right: 5% !important;
}

.form-control {
    margin: 0 !important;
}
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="container">
    <div class="form-group name1 col-md-6">
        <label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="formText">FIRST NAME:*</label>
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverName">
    </div>

    <div class="form-group name2 col-md-6">
        <label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="formText">LAST NAME:*</label>
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverPhone">
    </div>
</div>

The above should work on larger resolutions.

Upvotes: 1

Nick Bull
Nick Bull

Reputation: 9866

Bootstrap should do this for you. Looks like you're missing the <div class="row"> around your columns:

<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="form-group name1 col-md-6">
            <label for="exampleInputEmail1" class="formText">FIRST NAME:*</label>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverName">
        </div>

        <div class="form-group name2 col-md-6">
            <label for="exampleInputEmail1## Heading ##" class="formText">LAST NAME:*</label>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverPhone">
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 13

Artem Kolontay
Artem Kolontay

Reputation: 910

Judging by the size of your output, you might need to use different column sizes. Try to set col-sm-6 or col-xs-6 classes. col-md-6 might be to large in your case.

Upvotes: 1

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