html - Table row width is changing to do match an element which is not inside the table-row -

i have following html structure input icon on left side.

           <div class="fieldset">                 <p>normal input</p>                 <div>                     <span><i class="icon-cart"></i></span>                     <input name="">                 </div>             </div> 

i using display:table properties style structure desired layout demonstrated in following image:

however, icon (<span>) stretching width according title (<p>) above image below demonstrate:

here current css used:

/*fieldsets*/ .fieldset {     width: 100%;     display: table;   position: relative;   white-space: nowrap;   margin-bottom: 15px; }  .fieldset:last-of-type {     margin-bottom: 0; }          /*fieldsets > labels*/         .fieldset > p {              width: 1%;             margin-bottom: 3px;         }            /*fieldsets > input container*/         .fieldset > div {             display: table-row;             position: relative;         }                .fieldset > div > * {                 display: table-cell;               white-space: nowrap;               vertical-align: middle;                 position: relative;             }                /*fieldsets > input + icon*/             .fieldset > div > span {                 border: 1px solid #b0c2ce;                 padding: 5px 15px;                 font-weight: bold;                 width: 1%;             }                /*fieldsets > input + icon senarios*/             .fieldset > div > span:first-of-type {                 border-right: 0;                 border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;             }               .fieldset > div > span:not(:only-of-type) + input {                 border-radius: 0;             }              .fieldset > div > input + span {                 border-left: 0;                 border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;             }                .fieldset > div > span + input,             .fieldset > div > span + textarea,             .fieldset > div > span + select,             .fieldset > div > span + .select-dropdown-single .select-dropdown-input,             .fieldset > div > span + .select-dropdown-multi .select-input {                 border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;             }              /*fieldsets > input + tooltip icon*/             .fieldset > div [class^="tooltip-"],             .fieldset > div [class*=" tooltip-"] {                 text-align: center;                 width: 30px;             }  

how can stop icon width changing according <p> above it? not contained within same div.

here how approach this. mark-up good, no changes required.

first, apply display: table child div , let p element regular block or inline-block (depends on design).

you can set width of first table-cell element (span) 1% , shrink-to-fit width need.

in original css, p element being wrapped anonymous table-cell , table-row elements. net result width of first table-cell column being determined width of p text, not width of icon.

/*fieldsets*/    .fieldset {    width: 100%;    margin-bottom: 15px;    border: 1px dotted blue;  }  .fieldset:last-of-type {    margin-bottom: 0;  }  /*fieldsets > labels*/    .fieldset > p {    display: inline-block;    margin-bottom: 3px;    border: 1px dotted gray;  }  /*fieldsets > input container*/    .fieldset > div {    display: table;  }  .fieldset > div > * {    display: table-cell;    white-space: nowrap;    vertical-align: middle;    position: relative;  }  /*fieldsets > input + icon*/    .fieldset > div > span {    border: 1px solid #b0c2ce;    padding: 5px 15px;    font-weight: bold;    width: 1%;  }  /*fieldsets > input + icon senarios*/    .fieldset > div > span:first-of-type {    border-right: 0;    border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;  }  .fieldset > div > span + input {    border-radius: 2px;    width: auto;  }  .fieldset > div > input + span {    border-left: 0;    border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;  }  .fieldset > div > span + input,  .fieldset > div > span + textarea,  .fieldset > div > span + select,  .fieldset > div > span + .select-dropdown-single .select-dropdown-input,  .fieldset > div > span + .select-dropdown-multi .select-input {    border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;  }  /*fieldsets > input + tooltip icon*/    .fieldset > div [class^="tooltip-"],  .fieldset > div [class*=" tooltip-"] {    text-align: center;    width: 30px;  }

<div class="fieldset">    <p>normal input</p>    <div>      <span><i class="icon-cart">icon</i></span>      <input name="">    </div>  </div>