Open div tags get auto-closed?

Having the same problem here – did you find a solution?

Trying to remember, but don’t think I found a solution. I think I ended up using a one-column form.

If you want a simple approximation of two columns, you can check the option to make one form field follow another, but of course it’s not the same as having two separate divs.

Our best bet is to reach out to the plugin’s author, Mike Challis, to find out where/why the auto-close occurs. Can you help us out, Mike?

This plugin will not auto-close divs, but your theme, WordPress itself, or other plugins might be doing that

See this help page to make a two column form
https://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/two-column-form

I’m struggling to believe that anything else is auto-closing those divs. Very odd. I wouldn’t even know how to go about finding that out either. I don’t have any other plugins running that would in theory do that, and I don’t think just having jQuery on the page will do that by default, not without me telling it to.

Very odd.

Also – I really don’t want to use tables to make a two column form – it’s not semantic, since this isn’t tabular data.

Well I wrote the code in this plugin, so I would be the one to tell you that there is no logic in this plugin that auto-closes any divs.

Make sure the form shortcode is not surrounded by p tags, or you can have some unexpected results.

I did say that your theme, WordPress itself, or other plugins might be doing that.

Although you should rule out the theme, or other plugins first, it might be the WordPress autop feature that causes divs to auto-close.

Here is an option for two colum layout that does not use tables.
https://mbrsolution.com/tutorial/fast-secure-contact-form-two-columns-layout.php

Related help page on troubleshooting unwanted html in your form output
https://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/extra-space-on-my-form

Thanks for your replies, Mike — greatly appreciated.