html - Styling Form with Label above Inputs

Question

I would like to produce the following form style:

Name                    Email
[.................]     [.................]

Subject
[.................]

Message
[.........................................]
[.........................................]
[.........................................]
[.........................................]

The HTML code I have is:

<form name="message" method="post">
    <section>
    <label for="name">Name</label>
    <input id="name" type="text" value="" name="name">
    <label for="email">Email</label>
    <input id="email" type="text" value="" name="email">
    </section>
    <section>
    <label for="subject">Subject</label>
    <input id="subject" type="text" value="" name="subject">
    <label for="message">Message</label>
    <input id="message" type="text" value="" name="message">
    </section>
</form>

At the moment it is producing:

Name    [...................]
Email   [...................]
Subject [...................]
Message
[.........................................]
[.........................................]
[.........................................]
[.........................................]

What would be the best way to do this? I keep getting in a muddle my floats!

Answer 1

I'd make both the input and label elements display: block , and then split the name label & input, and the email label & input into div's and float them next to each other.

input, label {
    display:block;
}

<form name="message" method="post">
    <section>

  <div style="float:left;margin-right:20px;">
    <label for="name">Name</label>
    <input id="name" type="text" value="" name="name">
  </div>

  <div style="float:left;">
    <label for="email">Email</label>
    <input id="email" type="text" value="" name="email">
  </div>

  <br style="clear:both;" />

    </section>

    <section>

    <label for="subject">Subject</label>
    <input id="subject" type="text" value="" name="subject">
    <label for="message">Message</label>
    <input id="message" type="text" value="" name="message">

    </section>
</form>