Aligning input and radio buttons with label at different places

Question

I have this code :

    <form action="#" method="get">
        <fieldset>
            <div>   
                <label for="profilephoto">Your profile photo</label>
                <input type="file" name="profilephoto" id="profilephoto" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="firstname">Your first name</label>
                <input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="lastname">Your last name</label>
                <input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="gender">Gender</label>
                <input type="radio" name="gender" value="female" id="female" />
                <label for="female">Female</label>
                <input type="radio" name="gender" value="male" id="male" />
                <label for="male">Male</label>
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="birthdategroup">Birth Date</label>
                <select name="Month">
                    <option value="none">- Month -</option>
                    <option value="January">January</option>
                    <option value="February">February</option>
                    <option value="March">March</option>
                    <option value="April">April</option>
                    <option value="May">May</option>
                    <option value="June">June</option>
                    <option value="July">July</option>
                    <option value="August">August</option>
                    <option value="September">September</option>
                    <option value="October">October</option>
                    <option value="November">November</option>
                    <option value="December">December</option>
                </select>
                    <select name="Day">
                    <option value="none">- Day -</option>
                    <option value="1">1</option>
                    <option value="2">2</option>
                    <option value="3">3</option>
                    <option value="4">4</option>
                    <option value="5">5</option>
                    <option value="6">6</option>
                    <option value="7">7</option>
                    <option value="8">8</option>
                    <option value="9">9</option>
                    <option value="10">10</option>
                    <option value="11">11</option>
                    <option value="12">12</option>
                    <option value="13">13</option>
                    <option value="14">14</option>
                    <option value="15">15</option>
                    <option value="16">16</option>
                    <option value="17">17</option>
                    <option value="18">18</option>
                    <option value="19">19</option>
                    <option value="20">20</option>
                    <option value="21">21</option>
                    <option value="22">22</option>
                    <option value="23">23</option>
                    <option value="24">24</option>
                    <option value="25">25</option>
                    <option value="26">26</option>
                    <option value="27">27</option>
                    <option value="28">28</option>
                    <option value="29">29</option>
                    <option value="22">30</option>
                    <option value="29">31</option>

                </select>
                <select name="year">
                    <option value="none">- Year -</option>
                    <option value="1993">1993</option>
                    <option value="1994">1994</option>
                    <option value="1995">1995</option>
                </select>
                <p>This is hidden by fault from your profile.</p>
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="about">About you</label>
                <textarea id="about" rows="9" cols="30"></textarea>
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="websiteaddress">Your website address
                </label>
                <input type="text" id="websiteaddress" name="websiteaddress" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="websitename">Website name</label>
                <input type="text" id="websitename" name="websitename" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <span>preview profile</span> <input type="submit" value="save"/>
            </div>


        </fieldset>
    </form>

And the desired design is this : http://d.pr/i/WZ0U

The problem is, I tried to align this by adding padding and a width to the labels, but given that the radio buttons have their own label (male and female), it also increase the space between these buttons, which isn't desired.

How can I style this ? Also, is the use of 3rd label for "gender" really appropriate, since each radio button already has their own label ?

just give gender's labels a class and set a different rule for label.YourClass — Evan

user1721135 user1721135 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-19T22:43:47

add classes to the labels, for example if radio boxes labels need different styling then other labels add a specific class to those labels:

<label class="radio">text</label>
<label class="input">text</label>
...

then use the classes in css:

instead of

label {css code}

use

.radio {css code}

and so on so you can give different css to different labels.

Aligning input and radio buttons with label at different places

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