From 2ecdc2096e6e4573615ad0e608ec5ebdffc09a3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Holliday <ajhollid@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 18:49:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] empty field label

---
 client/src/Components/v2/inputs/FieldLabel.tsx | 4 +++-
 client/src/Pages/Maintenance/create/index.tsx  | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/Components/v2/inputs/FieldLabel.tsx b/client/src/Components/v2/inputs/FieldLabel.tsx
index 552991538..448545a19 100644
--- a/client/src/Components/v2/inputs/FieldLabel.tsx
+++ b/client/src/Components/v2/inputs/FieldLabel.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ interface FieldLabelProps {
 
 export const FieldLabel = ({ children, required = false, htmlFor }: FieldLabelProps) => {
 	const theme = useTheme();
-
+	if (children === " ") {
+		children = "\u00A0";
+	}
 	return (
 		<Typography
 			component="label"
diff --git a/client/src/Pages/Maintenance/create/index.tsx b/client/src/Pages/Maintenance/create/index.tsx
index df97d9ed5..370694a94 100644
--- a/client/src/Pages/Maintenance/create/index.tsx
+++ b/client/src/Pages/Maintenance/create/index.tsx
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ const CreateMaintenanceWindowPage = () => {
 						/>
 						<Stack
 							direction="row"
-							alignItems="flex-end"
+							alignItems="flex-start"
 							spacing={theme.spacing(4)}
 						>
 							<Controller
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ const CreateMaintenanceWindowPage = () => {
 								defaultValue={defaults.durationUnit}
 								render={({ field }) => (
 									<Select
+										fieldLabel=" "
 										value={field.value}
 										onChange={field.onChange}
 										sx={{ minWidth: 120 }}