I have made a couple of forms using the <label> tag, that helps with the problem of alignment. The guy over at style phreak has a great example of how to implement it. Maybe it will help you. http://www.stylephreak.com/index.php/archives/2004/08/standard-forms/
On Sep 21, at 8:06 PM[Sep 21] , Kevin Murphy wrote: > Just my 2¢... > > In my new project that I am working on, which is an XHTML strict > version of part of my website, I elected to go with tables for laying > out my forms. I read a lot of the different things that were out > there, and I think that if you lay the tables/form labels, etc out > correctly, then its really a good/valid way to go. > > To me personally, I looked to M$ Excel when thinking about the forms. > Excel is not just tabular data, but a form as well. So therefore I > feel justified in using tables for forms. > > Thus ends my 2¢.... > > -- > Kevin Murphy > Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services > Western Nevada Community College > www.wncc.edu > 775-445-3326 > > > On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Mark Fellowes wrote: > >> I have a form that is fairly large - 18 elements not including the >> submit button. After trying a multitude of css styles and layouts >> I'm still looking at a poorly layed out form. It could use at >> least 3 columns to fit nicely on the page. So, I've done some >> googling and see the controversy of css based forms still exists. >> >> So is there some consensus here on the list for the best way to >> handle complex forms that should all be part of the same page ? >> >> >> TIA >> Mark >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >> IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 >> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >> Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
