Align HTML input fields by : [duplicate]

I have a HTML form like:

 <html>
  Name:<input type="text"/></br>
  Email Address:<input type="text"/></br>
  Description of the input value:<input type="text"/></br>
 </html>

Now the labels all begin in the same column but the text boxes are beginning in different positions as per the label's text length.

Is there a way to align the input fields such that, all the ":" and the text boxes, will begin in the same position, and the preceding text will be right aligned until the ":" ?

I am okay with using CSS if that can help achieving this.

Solution 1:

Working JS Fiddle

HTML:

  <div>
      <label>Name:</label><input type="text">
      <label>Email Address:</label><input type = "text">
      <label>Description of the input value:</label><input type="text">
  </div>

CSS:

label{
    display: inline-block;
    float: left;
    clear: left;
    width: 250px;
    text-align: right;
}
input {
  display: inline-block;
  float: left;
}

Solution 2:

You could use a label (see JsFiddle)

CSS

label { display: inline-block; width: 210px; text-align: right; }

HTML

<html> 
    <label for="name">Name:</label><input id="name" type="text"><br />
    <label for="email">Email Address:</label><input id="email" type="text"><br /> 
    <label for="desc">Description of the input value:</label><input id="desc" type="text"><br /> 
 </html>

Or you could use those labels in a table (JsFiddle)

<html>
    <table>
        <tbody>
            <tr><td><label for="name">Name:</label></td><td><input id="name" type="text"></td></tr>
            <tr><td><label for="email">Email Address:</label></td><td><input id="email" type = "text"></td></tr>
            <tr><td><label for="desc">Description of the input value:</label></td><td><input id="desc" type="text"></td></tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
 </html>

Solution 3:

http://jsfiddle.net/T6zhj/1/

Using display table-cell/row will do the job without any width needed.

The html :

 <html>
  <div>
      <div class="row"><label>Name:</label><input type="text"></div>
      <div class="row"><label>Email Address:</label><input type = "text"></div>
      <div class="row"><label>Description of the input value:</label><input type="text"></div>
  </div>
 </html>

The Css :

label{
    display: table-cell;
    text-align: right;
}
input {
  display: table-cell;
}
div.row{
    display:table-row;
}

Solution 4:

Set a width on the form element (which should exist in your example! ) and float (and clear) the input elements. Also, drop the br elements.