VSCode-text-field “size” parameter is being ignored

[davidkjackson54]

I have a VSCode-text-field define in my VSCode extension webview and I have specified a value of 5 for the size parameter and it is being ignored
A higher value such as 50 is being accepted.

It is as if there is some default value being applied and a smaller value is not being honored .

Is there a solution to allowing a small size value to be entered?
There is no mention of a minimum size being applied in the documentation.

Also, I want to place 2 VSCode-text-fields side by side and although I can get them side by side - I am unable to move them closer together .
Is this not possible?