html - Use Fieldset Legend with bootstrap

Question

I'm using Bootstrap for my JSP page.

I want to use <fieldset> and <legend> for my form. This is my code.

<fieldset class="scheduler-border">
    <legend class="scheduler-border">Start Time</legend>
    <div class="control-group">
        <label class="control-label input-label" for="startTime">Start :</label>
        <div class="controls bootstrap-timepicker">
            <input type="text" class="datetime" id="startTime" name="startTime" placeholder="Start Time" />
            <i class="icon-time"></i>
        </div>
    </div>
</fieldset>

CSS is

fieldset.scheduler-border {
    border: 1px groove #ddd !important;
    padding: 0 1.4em 1.4em 1.4em !important;
    margin: 0 0 1.5em 0 !important;
    -webkit-box-shadow:  0px 0px 0px 0px #000;
            box-shadow:  0px 0px 0px 0px #000;
}

legend.scheduler-border {
    font-size: 1.2em !important;
    font-weight: bold !important;
    text-align: left !important;
}

I am getting output like this

I want output in the following way

I tried adding

border:none;
width:100px;

to legend.scheduler-border in CSS. And I'm getting the expected output. But the problem is I would like to add another <fieldset> for another fields. That time the width of text in legend is a problem as it is lengthier than than 100px.

So what shall I do to get output like I have mentioned? (Without striking the legend text)

Answer 1

That's because Bootstrap by default sets the width of the legend element to 100%. You can fix this by changing your legend.scheduler-border to also use:

legend.scheduler-border {
    width:inherit; /* Or auto */
    padding:0 10px; /* To give a bit of padding on the left and right */
    border-bottom:none;
}

JSFiddle example.

You'll also need to ensure your custom stylesheet is being added after Bootstrap to prevent Bootstrap overriding your styling - although your styles here should have higher specificity.

You may also want to add margin-bottom:0; to it as well to reduce the gap between the legend and the divider.