Question

I have a form with hidden input fields. In IE7 the layout gets shifted. The submit button is in the next line. If you select the space in between it seems there each hidden input is a blank. What can I do against this? Here is the jsfiddle.

HTML:

<div id="column1">
    <div id="searchform">
        <form action="/index.php?id=17" method="post" name="searchform01">
            <input type="text" name="tx_indexedsearch[sword]" value="Suchbegriff" class="searchform-input" onfocus="clearText(this)" onblur="clearText(this)" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[_sections]" class="hidden-inputs" value="0" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[_freeIndexUid]" id="tx_indexedsearch_freeIndexUid" class="hidden-inputs" value="_" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[pointer]" id="tx_indexedsearch_pointer" class="hidden-inputs" value="0" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[ext]" class="hidden-inputs" value="0" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[type]" class="hidden-inputs" value="1" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[defOp]" class="hidden-inputs" value="0" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[media]" class="hidden-inputs" value="-1" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[order]" class="hidden-inputs" value="rank_flag" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[group]" class="hidden-inputs" value="flat" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[lang]" class="hidden-inputs" value="-1" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[desc]" class="hidden-inputs" value="0" />
            <input type="hidden" name="tx_indexedsearch[results]" class="hidden-inputs" value="10" />
            <input type="submit" id="search-button" value="Suchen" />
        </form>
    </div>
</div>

CSS:

.hidden-inputs {
    display: none;
    visibility: hidden;
    border: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    clear: left;
    margin-left: inherit;
    overflow: hidden;
}

#column1 {
    width: 245px;
    float: left;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

Answer 1

It is caused by empty text between input.hidden-inputs. You can fix it either by removing empty text between inputs or by setting font-size:0; for form element.

Examples:

1. font-size fix: http://jsfiddle.net/6fTHs/
2. Removing empty text: http://jsfiddle.net/keaukraine/BE7sV/