It's tabular data, so you should use a table. It displays reliably, it's semantically correct and if implemented correctly it's usable for screen readers. It's best to use all of the semantic table elements (th, tbody, thead, summary, caption) if you can.
Jake Quoting Ryan Sabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > Is there a best-practice way to build an item display with multiple > columns, but without using tables? > > What I want to do is build something like this: > > Name Price Quantity Edit Delete > Apple $5.00 25 [edit] [delete] > Pear $4.00 3 [edit] [delete] > Banana $12.00 5 [edit] [delete] > > But without cluttering the HTML with table layout data... > > Or is this a case where its better to bite the bullet and just do it > in a table...? > > I'm new here to please be gentle if this is a dumb question :) > > thanks, bye! > > ----------------------- > Ryan Sabir > Newgency Pty Ltd > 2a Broughton St > Paddington 2021 > Sydney, Australia > Ph (02) 9331 2133 > Fax (02) 9331 5199 > Mobile: 0411 512 454 > http://www.newgency.com/index.cfm?referer=rysig > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
