Example
This the example for a basic payment form for the article How to structure an HTML form.
A payment form
HTML
html
<form method="post">
<h1>Payment form</h1>
<p>
Required fields are followed by
<strong><span aria-label="required">*</span></strong>.
</p>
<section>
<h2>Contact information</h2>
<fieldset>
<legend>Title</legend>
<ul>
<li>
<label for="title_1">
<input type="radio" id="title_1" name="title" value="A" />
Ace
</label>
</li>
<li>
<label for="title_2">
<input type="radio" id="title_2" name="title" value="K" />
King
</label>
</li>
<li>
<label for="title_3">
<input type="radio" id="title_3" name="title" value="Q" />
Queen
</label>
</li>
</ul>
</fieldset>
<p>
<label for="name">
<span>Name: </span>
<strong><span aria-label="required">*</span></strong>
</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="username" required />
</p>
<p>
<label for="mail">
<span>Email: </span>
<strong><span aria-label="required">*</span></strong>
</label>
<input type="email" id="mail" name="user-mail" required />
</p>
<p>
<label for="pwd">
<span>Password: </span>
<strong><span aria-label="required">*</span></strong>
</label>
<input type="password" id="pwd" name="password" required />
</p>
</section>
<section>
<h2>Payment information</h2>
<p>
<label for="card">
<span>Card type:</span>
</label>
<select id="card" name="user-card">
<option value="visa">Visa</option>
<option value="mc">Mastercard</option>
<option value="amex">American Express</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="number">
<span>Card number:</span>
<strong><span aria-label="required">*</span></strong>
</label>
<input type="tel" id="number" name="card-number" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="expiration">
<span>Expiration date:</span>
<strong><span aria-label="required">*</span></strong>
</label>
<input
type="text"
id="expiration"
required="true"
placeholder="MM/YY"
pattern="^(0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/([0-9]{2})$" />
</p>
</section>
<section>
<p><button type="submit">Validate the payment</button></p>
</section>
</form>
CSS
css
h1 {
margin-top: 0;
}
ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
form {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
padding: 1em;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 1em;
}
div + div {
margin-top: 1em;
}
label span {
display: inline-block;
text-align: right;
}
input,
textarea {
font: 1em sans-serif;
width: 250px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 1px solid #999;
}
input[type="checkbox"],
input[type="radio"] {
width: auto;
border: none;
}
input:focus,
textarea:focus {
border-color: #000;
}
textarea {
vertical-align: top;
height: 5em;
resize: vertical;
}
fieldset {
width: 250px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 1px solid #999;
}
button {
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
label {
display: inline-block;
}
p label {
width: 100%;
}