Title: text fields all the same / not responding to code
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# text fields all the same / not responding to code

 *  [chrsdsgn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrsdsgn/)
 * (@chrsdsgn)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-fields-all-the-same-not-responding-to-code/)
 * Hello,
    I recently created a new site and used the contact form code from my 
   old site for this new one. The form on the old site worked fine but now all the
   text fields are the same size and they don’t seem to be responding to my code.
   Here is the form page: [http://www.bestwayrent2own.com/financing/](http://www.bestwayrent2own.com/financing/)
 * as you can see all the text fields are the same size despite my code. For example
   heres line 2:
    “<p>Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY) [text* M 1/2]/[text* D 1/2]/[text*
   Y 2/4] </p>”
 * What am I doing wrong?
    Please help.
 * Chris
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Thread Starter [chrsdsgn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrsdsgn/)
 * (@chrsdsgn)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-fields-all-the-same-not-responding-to-code/#post-3820776)
 * BTW I’m using version 3.4.1 for the new site.
 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-fields-all-the-same-not-responding-to-code/#post-3820790)
 * This is due to CSS styling applied to standard HTML form elements within your
   current WordPress theme in [http://www.bestwayrent2own.com/wp-content/themes/OpenDoor1.3/css/bootstrap.css?ver=3.5.1](http://www.bestwayrent2own.com/wp-content/themes/OpenDoor1.3/css/bootstrap.css?ver=3.5.1).
 * The overall size of the form elements is controlled by the CSS in your current
   WordPress theme rather than the “size” you use in the Form section of the CF7,
   which refers to the size of the standard HTML input text element which may or
   may not control overall element size.
 *  Use [Firebug](https://getfirebug.com/) or [Chrome Dev Tools](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/)
   to first understand and then change the CSS used for your CF7 form elements.
 * Also good idea to target CSS classes & ids used within your CF7 forms only, so
   that your CSS changes don’t inadvertantly effect other elements on your website.
 * See [Styling Contact Form](http://contactform7.com/styling-contact-form/) for
   a general explanation of styling CF7 forms using CSS. If you are not familiar
   with CSS, this page also includes some links to where you can learn CSS.

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 * Last reply from: [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-fields-all-the-same-not-responding-to-code/#post-3820790)
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