How do I align a label and a textarea?

Just wrap the textarea with the label and set the textarea style to

vertical-align: middle;

Here is some magic for all textareas on the page:)

<style>
    label textarea{
        vertical-align: middle;
    }
</style>

<label>Blah blah blah Description: <textarea>dura bura</textarea></label>

1. Set the height of your label to the same height as the multiline textbox.

2. Add the cssClass .alignTop{vertical-align: middle;} for the label control.

   <p>
       <asp:Label ID="DescriptionLabel" runat="server" Text="Description: " Width="70px" Height="200px" CssClass="alignTop"></asp:Label>
       <asp:Textbox id="DescriptionTextbox" runat="server" Width="400px" Height="200px" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:Textbox>
       <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="DescriptionRequiredFieldValidator" runat="server" ForeColor="Red"
       ControlToValidate="DescriptionTextbox" ErrorMessage="Description is a required field.">    
   </asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
   

You need to put them both in some container element and then apply the alignment on it.

For example:

.formfield * {
  vertical-align: middle;
}

<p class="formfield">
  <label for="textarea">Label for textarea</label>
  <textarea id="textarea" rows="5">Textarea</textarea>
</p>