Title: put form elements on same line?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# put form elements on same line?

 *  [SoftDux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softdux/)
 * (@softdux)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/put-form-elements-on-same-line/)
 * Hi,
 * I have an “textbox”, then a dropdown menu, and then a button but can’t get them
   to stay on the same line, next to each other.
 * Here’s a live sample (on a Joomla website) of the same search box: [http://www.softdux.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=90](http://www.softdux.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=90)
 * I want to put that Domain Search box on a WordPress website
    The website in question
   isn’t live at this stage so I can’t give you the URL but can give you some screenshots
   of the page.
 * When looking at the webpage’s code, it seems that a <p> element gets added in
   between each form element, yet it’s not in the content
    How do I fix this?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/put-form-elements-on-same-line/#post-3572910)
 * Are you familiar with [CSS float](http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_float.asp)?
 * Float left is generally used to get things side-by-side each other.
 * If you’re not familiar with CSS, you may need the support of a CSS forum like
   [http://csscreator.com/forum](http://csscreator.com/forum)
 *  Thread Starter [SoftDux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softdux/)
 * (@softdux)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/put-form-elements-on-same-line/#post-3572932)
 * I don’t think that’s the case here.
 * Like I said, WP adds a `<p>` or `<br>` element in between each form element, 
   as such:
 *     ```
       <td style="white-space: nowrap;" align="center" valign="middle">
       <form action="http://billing.webhostingzone.co.za/domainchecker.php" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="token" value="d887a93569fc770241d7c4b2a6f61b14d084143a" /> Domain: <input type="text" maxlength="200" name="domain" size="20" />
       <select name="ext">
       <option>.co.za</option>
       <option>.org.za</option>
       <option>.com</option>
       <option>.net</option>
       <option>.org</option>
       <option>.info</option>
       <option>.biz</option>
       <option>.mobi</option>
       <option>.us</option>
       <option>.me</option>
       <option>.cc</option>
       <option>.name</option>
       <option>.tv</option>
       <option>.za.com</option>
       <option>.tel</option>
       </select>
       <p><input type="submit" maxlength="2147483647" size="20" value="Go" /></form>
       </td>
       ```
   
 * Yet, when I edit the content, those elements aren’t there:
 *     ```
       <td style="white-space: nowrap;" align="center" valign="middle"><form action="http://billing.webhostingzone.co.za/domainchecker.php" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="token" value="d887a93569fc770241d7c4b2a6f61b14d084143a" /> Domain: <input type="text" maxlength="200" name="domain" size="20" /><select name="ext"><option>.co.za</option><option>.org.za</option><option>.com</option><option>.net</option><option>.org</option><option>.info</option><option>.biz</option><option>.mobi</option><option>.us</option><option>.me</option><option>.cc</option><option>.name</option><option>.tv</option><option>.za.com</option><option>.tel</option></select><input type="submit" maxlength="2147483647" size="20" value="Go" /></form></td>
       ```
   
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 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/put-form-elements-on-same-line/#post-3572932)
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