How to make simple_form input field wider with CSS?

Question

We are trying to make simple_form input field wider. Here is the simple_form css posted on GitHub:

/* ----- SimpleForm Styles ----- */

.simple_form div.input {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  clear: both; /* Required for Webkit, but not for Gecko */
}

.simple_form label {
  float: left;
  width: 100px;
  text-align: right;
  margin: 2px 10px;
}

div.boolean, .simple_form input[type='submit'] {
  margin-left: 120px;
}

div.boolean label, label.collection_radio_buttons {
  float: none;
  margin: 0;
}

label.collection_radio_buttons {
  margin-right: 10px;
  vertical-align: -2px;
  margin-left: 2px;
}

.field_with_errors {
  background-color: #ff3333;
}

.simple_form .error {
  clear: left;
  color: black;
  display: block;
  margin-left: 120px;
}

.simple_form .hint {
  clear: left;
  margin-left: 120px;
  color: #555;
  display: block;
  font-style: italic;
}

input.radio {
  margin-right: 5px;
  vertical-align: -3px;
}

input.check_boxes {
  margin-left: 3px;
  vertical-align: -3px;
}

label.collection_check_boxes {
  float: none;
  margin: 0;
  vertical-align: -2px;
  margin-left: 2px;
}

Or in SASS format:

/* ----- SimpleForm Styles ----- */

.simple_form
  div.input
    margin-bottom: 10px
    clear: both

  label
    float: left
    width: 100px
    text-align: right
    margin: 2px 10px

  .error
    clear: left
    color: black
    display: block
    margin-left: 120px

  .hint
    clear: left
    margin-left: 120px
    color: #555
    display: block
    font-style: italic

div.boolean, .simple_form input[type='submit']
  margin-left: 120px

div.boolean label, label.collection_radio_buttons
  float: none
  margin: 0

label.collection_radio_buttons
  margin-right: 10px
  vertical-align: -2px
  margin-left: 2px

.field_with_errors
  background-color: #ff3333

input.radio
  margin-right: 5px
  vertical-align: -3px

input.check_boxes
  margin-left: 3px
  vertical-align: -3px

label.collection_check_boxes
  float: none
  margin: 0
  vertical-align: -2px
  margin-left: 2px

We tried a few options in div input {} but there was no change with the field width. Not sure which part is for the layout of the input field. How can we make the input field wider by modified the CSS above?

user2708672 user2708672 · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-23T22:35:26

Add:

width: 600px:

To:

.simple_form div.input { }

To make it 600px for example. Google "input .width CSS" for more information.

If you only want it applied to text fields use input[type=text]

How to make simple_form input field wider with CSS?

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