The problem is the page is inside a password-protected program. As I said, the current page _does_ use tables, and I can certainly stick another small table inside, but that seems messy. It's all within a <TD> element. Sample code (with line breaks added for clarity): <tr class='odd'>
<td class='prompt'>Info Request Email(s)</td> <td class='input'><input type='text' size='50' ?name='info_email' id='info_email' ?value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> (Who gets the request besides the partner? Separate with commas) </td> </tr> So there's no floated element so far, just an input field within a <TD> within a form. I thought there was probably some simple HTML/CSS mark-up I hadn't thought of. If not, I can always fall back on this ugly change: <tr class='odd'> <td class='prompt'>Info Request Email(s)</td> <td class='input'><input type='text' size='50' ?name='info_email' id='info_email' ?value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> <table class='plain'><tr><td>(Who gets the request besides the partner? Separate with commas)</td></tr></table> </td> </tr> I'm pretty sure that'll do the trick, but it's awfully kludgy. No elegant solutions out there? ------------------------------------------- Mark Wilson, Computer Programming Unlimited Web: http://www.cpuworks.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our motto: "Getting the Job Done" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Sent: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Lining up text [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, it's a table, but I didn't want to make a 3rd column for > directions. > Since the inputs are of various widths, the 2nd column > would be as wide as > the widest field, and therefore the directions > would usually be off to the > side rather than right next to the input > field. > Then, since these different sizes are in characters, not pixels or > ems or > anything helpful, how would I know how what width to set? If you have, or create, a real (table-less) example - to save me from having to create one, then I can probably help you making it work as intended. I think one of the 'next to floats' solutions found here... <http://www.gunlaug.no/contents/wd_example_01.html> ...will do the trick. They don't depend on known dimensions. Needs testing for your case though. So, a link to a page, please. regards Georg -- http://www.gunlaug.no ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/
