Drop Down Box Problem

Hi,

I’m trying to create a drop down option box but it is not formatting right in the CSS. I am using this CSS template

Instead of lining up side by side like this

FIELD [ BOX ]

It is doing this…where on the first line the option box goes side by side with the first field the user needs to enter.

FIELD [ BOX ] [ BOX ]

FIELD [ BOX ]

FIELD [ BOX ]

FIELD [ BOX ]

FIELD [ BOX ]

FIELD [ BOX ]

FIELD

My HTML code is as follows:

<select name="dropdown">
				<option value="Choice 1">1</option>
				<option value="Choice 2">2</option>
				<option value="Choice 3">3</option>
				</select>

I have a suspicion it is because there isn’t any CSS for a dropdown box type. If this is the case, how would I align it correctly please? Thank you!

It’s a little hard to understand what you are describing here, but I can only assume that some of your elements are floated and are floating to positions where you don’t want them. If so, this will be a CSS issue. Please either post a link to a working example, or post your page code here so we can test it out.

Thanks for your reply.

Here is my CSS code:



body{
font-family:"Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
}
p, h1, form, button{border:0; margin:0; padding:0;}
.spacer{clear:both; height:1px;}
/* ----------- My Form ----------- */
.myform{
margin:0 auto;
width:400px;
padding:14px;
}

/* ----------- stylized ----------- */
#stylized{
border:solid 2px #b7ddf2;
background:#ebf4fb;
}
#stylized h1 {
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
margin-bottom:8px;
}
#stylized p{
font-size:11px;
color:#666666;
margin-bottom:20px;
border-bottom:solid 1px #b7ddf2;
padding-bottom:10px;
}
#stylized label{
display:block;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:right;
width:140px;
float:left;
}
#stylized .small{
color:#666666;
display:block;
font-size:11px;
font-weight:normal;
text-align:right;
width:140px;
}
#stylized input{
float:left;
font-size:12px;
padding:4px 2px;
border:solid 1px #aacfe4;
width:200px;
margin:2px 0 20px 10px;
}
#stylized button{
clear:both;
margin-left:150px;
width:125px;
height:31px;
background:#666666 url(img/button.png) no-repeat;
text-align:center;
line-height:31px;
color:#FFFFFF;
font-size:11px;
font-weight:bold;
}

And the HTML for dropdown box:


<div id="stylized" class="myform">
<form id="form" name="form" method="post" action="index.html">
<h1>Sign-up form</h1>
<p>This is the basic look of my form without table</p>

<label>Name
<span class="small">Add your name</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />

<label>Email
<span class="small">Add a valid address</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" />

<label>Password
<span class="small">Min. size 6 chars</span>
</label>
<input type="text" name="password" id="password" />

<label>User Type
<span class="small">Select</span>
</label>
<select name="dropdown">
<option value="Choice 1">1</option>
<option value="Choice 2">2</option>
<option value="Choice 3">3</option>
</select>

<button type="submit">Sign-up</button>
<div class="spacer"></div>

</form>
</div>

Lots of ways you can deal with that, but perhaps the easiest is

select {
  float: left;
  margin-left: 10px;
}

Thank you!