So I have this text field 

```
<%= f.text_field :body, placeholder: "Make an offer ", :maxlength=>"254" %> 

```

right now it takes up 100% of the width of the box it is in. I want it to take up like 95%. So far I have tried (from other forum posts)

adding `:columns => "50"` this didn't affect it. I tried
putting on an html tag , `:html => { :id => "offer_form" }` and then putting in my css file 

```
#offer_form { width:50%;} 

```

this didn't work

any other suggestions?

edit:

I realized that in my css file I have under /*forms*/

```
input, textarea, select, .uneditable-input {
  border: 1px solid #bbb;
  width: 98%;
  padding: 10px;
  height: auto !important;
  margin-bottom: 15px;

}

```

and when i change the width here it works. but it affects all of the forms in the entire app (obviously)(ie they are all 98%). Is there a way that I can id just this field so that I can edit its width independently.