Question

Can somebody give a simple solution as to how to align form inputs on the same line,
for example, many times when I am building a form I can get them to align on top of each other and it looks sound, but if i put two inputs like a textarea/text next to another text or a button, I get vertical alignment differences. Is there a way to fix this without fiddling with the margins and padding?

ex:

<style type='text/css'>
  form{
    display:inline;
  }
  textarea{
    font-size:25px;
    height:25px;
    width:200px;
  }
  input.button{
    height:25px;
    width:50px;
  }
</style>
<form>
  <textarea >Value</textarea><input type='button' class='button' value='Go'>
</form>

Answer 1

Have you tried playing with the vertical-align css property?

vertical-align:top;

That way everything will look consistent and you won’t have to play with margins.