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i have this problem with fieldsets... have a look at

http://i.imgur.com/IRrXB.png

is it possible to achieve what i want with css??? believe me, i tried!

as you can see on the img, i just want the look of the legend to be consistent across browsers, i want it to use the width of the fieldset no more (like chrome and ie) no less (like firefox), dont worry about the rounded corners and other issues, thats taken care of.

heres the the core i'm using.

CSS

    <style type="text/css">
        fieldset {margin: 0 0 10px 0;padding: 0; border:1px solid silver; background-color: #f9f9f9; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; border-radius:5px}
        fieldset p{clear:both;margin:.3em 0;overflow:hidden;}
        fieldset label{float:left;width:140px;display:block;text-align:right;padding-right:8px;margin-right: 2px;color: #4a4a4a;}
        fieldset input, fieldset textarea {margin:0;border:1px solid #ddd;padding:3px 5px 3px 5px;}
        fieldset legend {
            background: #C6D1E8;
            position:relative;
            left: -1px;
            margin: 0;
            width: 100%;
            padding: 0px 5px;
            font-size: 1.11em;
            font-weight: bold;
            text-align:left;
            border: 1px solid silver;
            -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
            -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
            -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
            -moz-border-radius-topright: 3px;
            border-top-left-radius: 5px;
            border-top-right-radius: 5px;
        }

        #md {width: 400px;}
    </style>

HTML

    <div id="md">
        <fieldset>
            <legend>some title</legend>
            <p>
                <label>Login</label>
                <input type="text" />
            </p>
            <p>
                <label>Password</label>
                <input type="text" />
            </p>
            <p><label>&nbsp;</label>
                <input type="submit">
            </p>
        </fieldset>
    </div>
+1  A: 

Fieldsets and legends are notorious for being hard/impossible to style, especially cross browser. It looks like the IE problem may be partially due to the Color Bleed Bug.

Personally, I would admit defeat and set the legend to display: hidden; while creating a header inside the fieldset to style with rounded corners.

zachwood