CSS, how to create a label width of the longest containing text?

Question

I have a table with two columns, like this:

Firstname: Jeff

Where the first column is a label and the second one is an input. Now I\'m setting

Answer 1

simple solution would be to fix the length of the label which would accommodate the biggest lable (add some 50px extra so you can center it) and use text-align:center

Here's a fiddle for the same.. http://jsfiddle.net/mvivekc/4P58S/

hope it helps.