Well, it seems that styling the actual form elements is the way to go, and certainly appears to be ideal for simple forms.
Thank you Chris, Bert and Darren for the quick response, advice and links! Yours respectfully, Mario > G'day > >> I know there's two schools of thought regarding forms where one uses a >> table and the other a definition list to style and layout the data >> fields. I have a simple form on a client's "Contact Us" page, and I >> wondered if there's a consensus as to which method is more >> semantically correct? > > Not sure about consensus, but I use labels with the form elements and > style the labels to float left with a fixed width these days. > No tables or definition lists needed. Use fieldset to group > form elements. > > There is however some consensus about using tables for layout. > > There's also a "small" matter of accessibility... A quick scan > of the webstandardsgroup.org resources section shows this link: > > http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/accessible-forms-1.shtml > > Regards > -- > Bert Doorn, Better Web Design > http://www.betterwebdesign.com.au/ > Fast-loading, user-friendly websites > > ****************************************************** > 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 ******************************************************
