Re: Cannot control the width of the label control

On Sep 4, 11:38 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I once had that problem too, and I found that the problem is that the
element must also be a block element. To solve your problem, add the
following attribute:

style="display:inline-block;"

This will solve your problem. I add this attribute to many of my Label
controls when creating input forms, because it is more efficient than making
a table if you only have a few fields (not to mention specifying the
dimensions of table cells has given me more frustration than any other
layout aspect). Good Luck!
--
Nathan Sokalski
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"BobLaughland" <peter.mcclym...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Hi There,

I am trying to get some fields to align on a web page, like this,

To:
From:
Subject:

Each of the fields above have a corresponding asp:Textbox control next
to it that I cannot get to lign up. I have this code,

<asp:Label Runat="server" Width="100px" ID="Label6">To: </
asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox ID="Textbox1" Runat="server" Width="200px" />
<asp:Label Runat="server" ID="Label7" ForeColor=red Width="5px">*</
asp:Label>

So that means I have tried to tell it that I want the asp:label
control to be 100 pixels wide, but it seems to shrink the label width
to fit the text.

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Great, you are on the money.

I have a CSS file which I want to put it into. How do I do that?

The label I want to control is wrapped in side a div.

<div class="EmailEntry">
<asp:Label Runat="server" ID="Label1" >To: </asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox ID="ToField" Runat="server" Width=80% />
..............
.............
</div>

So if I put this into my css why does it not work?

div.emailentry label
{
display: inline-block; /* or inline block, which ever one you
think looks better */
width: 80px;
}

I have also tried 'div.emailentry label1' but that didn't work either.

.

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