Move two input boxes side by side - php

Question

I'm trying to re-arrange my input boxes to look something like this:
currently, they just go down one under each other
I tried using this code but all it did was make the boxes shorter
http://jsfiddle.net/aY9HC/
Here is my code
<style>
.fieldBlock
{
display: block;
width: 200px;
float: left;
}
</style>
here is the text box code
<div id="main-wrapper">
<div class="unix-login">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-lg-4">
<div class="login-content card">
<center><h3>Register Account</h3>
<p><strong>Create Account</strong> » Purchase » Begin</p></center>
<div class="login-form">
<form data-toggle="validator" method="post" id="register_form">
<div class="form-group">
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Name</label>
<input id="username" type="name" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="First & Last Name" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Age</label>
<input type="dob" id="age" name="age"class="form-control" placeholder="03/26/2001" required></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Email address</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email" data-error="This email is invalid" required>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Password</label>
<input id="password" type="password" name="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password" data-minlength="8" data-error="Minimum of 8 characters" required>
<div class="help-block"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Choose Your Course</label>
<select name="course" class="form-control">
<option value="0" selected>Texas Parent Taught Drivers Ed</option>
<option value="1">Texas Instructor Taught Drivers Ed</option>
<option value="2">Texas Adult Drivers Ed</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Referral</label>
<input id="referral" type="text" name="referral" class="form-control" placeholder="Referral Code" value="<?php echo $refer?>">
</div>
<div class="form-group checkbox">
<label>
<input id="policy" type="checkbox" data-error="Don't you agree?" required> Agree the terms and Privacy Policy
</label>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<button name="register" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-flat m-b-30 m-t-30" >Register</button>
<div class="register-link m-t-15 text-center">
<p>Already have account? Sign in</p>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
All it did was keep the boxes under each other and make them a bit smaller. I'm a bit stuck right now. Help would be appericated. Thanks!

Answer 1

try adding
display:inline-block
on both text boxes.
Alternatively you can also try
display: flex;

Answer 2

You were on the right track with using float to move the elements next to each other. However, when elements are floating next to each other in a cramped space they will stack up by default. By making the parent container larger or smaller you can see how this works.
Also, there were a couple of missing fieldBlocks so the styles stop being applied.
I didn't want to take too much time on it but thought it would be fun to throw together a working sample from the code you provided. There's probably much more that could be cleaned up but hopefully it provides some insight.
http://jsfiddle.net/aY9HC/1373/
CSS
/* make a nice form wrapper */
#main-wrapper{
width:100%;
padding:1em;
}
#main-wrapper h3,
#main-wrapper p,
#main-wrapper button{
text-align:center;
margin-bottom:10px;
clear:left;
}
#main-wrapper button{
display:block;
position:relative;
left:45%;
}
/* Define our basic fieldBlock style / stagger rows */
.fieldBlock
{
width: 50%;
float: left;
margin-bottom:15px;
}
.fieldBlock input,
.fieldBlock select{
height:30px;
}
.fieldBlock input[type='checkbox']{
height:10px;
}
.fieldBlock:nth-of-type(3n){
width:100%;
}
.fieldBlock:nth-of-type(3n) input{
width:40%;
}
/* Define look for our labels */
.fieldBlock label{
font-weight:bold;
display:block;
margin-bottom:5px;
}
.fieldBlock .nonblock{
display:inline-block;
}
HTML
<div id="main-wrapper">
<h3>Register Account</h3>
<p><strong>Create Account</strong> » Purchase » Begin</p>
<form data-toggle="validator" method="post" id="register_form">
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Name</label>
<input id="username" type="name" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="First & Last Name" required>
</div>
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Age</label>
<input type="dob" id="age" name="age"class="form-control" placeholder="03/26/2001" required>
</div>
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Email address</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email" data-error="This email is invalid" required>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Password</label>
<input id="password" type="password" name="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password" data-minlength="8" data-error="Minimum of 8 characters" required>
<div class="help-block"></div>
</div>
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Choose Your Course</label>
<select name="course" class="form-control">
<option value="0" selected>Texas Parent Taught Drivers Ed</option>
<option value="1">Texas Instructor Taught Drivers Ed</option>
<option value="2">Texas Adult Drivers Ed</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Referral</label>
<input id="referral" type="text" name="referral" class="form-control" placeholder="Referral Code" value="<?php echo $refer?>">
</div>
<div class="fieldBlock checkbox">
<input id="policy" type="checkbox" data-error="Don't you agree?" required />
<label for="policy" class="nonblock">Agree the terms and Privacy Policy</label>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<button name="register" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-flat m-b-30 m-t-30" >Register</button>
<p>Already have account? Sign in</p>
</form>
</div>

Answer 3

You can just use col classes
<div class='row'>
<div class='col'>Your first text box</div>
<div class='col'>Your second text box</div>
</div>

Answer 4

Try to use bootstrap grid (rows and cols) to organize input fields.
Example pattern:
<form data-toggle="validator" method="post" id="register_form">
<div class="row mx-0">
<div class="form-group col-6">
<div class="fieldBlock">
<label>Name</label>
<input id="username" type="name" name="name"
class="form-control"
placeholder="First & Last Name" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group col-6">
<div class="fieldBlock6">
<label>Age</label>
<input type="dob" id="age"
name="age"class="form-control"
placeholder="03/26/2001" required>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mx-0">
<div class="form-group col-12">
<label>Email address</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email"
class="form-control" placeholder="Email"
data-error="This email is invalid" required>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</form