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Why does a fixed-width label give the accepted behavior?

There are many questions about formatting forms so that labels align, and almost all answers that offer a clean CSS solution (as opposed to using a table) provide a fixed width for the label element.

But isn't this a mix of content and presentation? To select the desired width, you basically need to see how big your longest label is, and try the pixel width value until it “fits”. This means that if you change your labels, you also need to change your CSS.

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I have no problem (Gasp! Heresy!) Using tables to align form elements and their labels. If that makes me a luddite, then so be it. I believe that it can be argued that the arrays of labels / input pairs are tabular enough to display tables.

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Your labels can still span words, allowing them to be very short or very long. You do not limit your content at all ( almost ), you just dictate how they will be displayed.

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Fixed width should not be in pixels. em is a valid and best block for text containers.

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