This is probably a basic html/css question...
I have a simple one-button form that I would like to display inline inside paragraph text.
<p>Read this sentence
<form style='display:inline;'>
<input style='display:inline;'
type='submit'
value='or push this button'/>
</form>.
</p>
Even though form has style=display:inline attribute, I get a linebreak before the form. Is there a way to get rid of it?
Can form elements appear inside <p>?
Move your form tag just outside the paragraph and set margins / padding to zero:
<form style="margin: 0; padding: 0;">
<p>
Read this sentence
<input style="display: inline;" type="submit" value="or push this button" />
</p>
</form>
<form> cannot go inside <p>, no. The browser is going to abruptly close your <p> element when it hits the opening <form> tag as it tries to handle what it thinks is an unclosed paragraph element:
<p>Read this sentence
</p><form style='display:inline;'>
You can try this code:
<form action="#" method="get" id="login" style=" display:inline!important;">
<label for='User'>User:</label>
<input type='text' name='User' id='User'>
<label for='password'>Password:</label><input type='password' name='password' id='password'>
<input type="submit" name="log" id="log" class="botton" value="Login" />
</form>
The important thing to note is the css style property in the <form> tag.
display:inline!important;
According to HTML spec both <form> and <p> are block elements and you cannot nest them. Maybe replacing the <p> with <span> would work for you?
EDIT:
Sorry. I was to quick in my wording. The <p> element doesn't allow any block content within - as specified by HTML spec for paragraphs.
Add a inline wrapper.
<div style='display:flex'>
<form>
<p>Read this sentence</p>
<input type='submit' value='or push this button' />
</form>
<div>
<p>Message here</p>
</div>
You can accomplish what you want, I think, simply by including the submit button within the paragraph:
<pre>
<p>Read this sentence <input type='submit' value='or push this button'/></p>
</pre>
Just use the style float: left in this way:
<p style="float: left"> Lorem Ipsum </p>
<form style="float: left">
<input type='submit'/>
</form>
<p style="float: left"> Lorem Ipsum </p>
float tricks.