Question

Live example: http://jsfiddle.net/yDQXG/

What I see in Chrome: https://i.stack.imgur.com/FEw56.png

I can’t seem to figure out where the spacing around the input element (blue fields) is coming from. Any ideas?

<form method="get">
<fieldset class="halfblock">
    <input class="blockheader" type="text" value="Field A">
    <textarea class="blocktext" rows="5">Line 1&#13;&#10;Line 2</textarea>
</fieldset>
</form>

Answer 1

It’s because they are inline elements. Same thing happens often with images.

All you need to do is add display:block to your inputs:

input.blockheader {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    text-align: center;
    background: #ABD9E2;
    font: 11px/11px 'Vollkorn', serif;
    border: none;
    width: 100%;
    position: relative;
    /* top: -7px; */

    display: block;
}