Give the "ROW" class a background: url(<image with a single dot>) repeat-x bottom, and give the individual spans a background-color: white.
This is assuming that you are working on a white background, and you already have the code to align the elements correctly. On 2/22/06, Les Mizzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Because of that, I would recommend you to use a table, and not DIVs > > (you may have "DIVitis") Also, I would suggest to use a FIELDSET and > > LABELs (instead of SPANs with your texts), so the (XHTML) structure > > would look like this: > > <fieldset> > > <legend>Short form description</legend> > > <table> > > <tr> > > <td><label for="field">Field</label></td> > > <td><input type="text" name="field" id="field" /></td> > > </tr> > > ยทยทยท > > </table> > > </fieldset> > > *note: Label's FOR attribute acts upon field ID, not the NAME > > > I thought about tables - but the way the rest of the page is laid out > would lead to multiple tables, or nested tables, or all kinds of > differing column spans for every row. Plus, none of the rows have data > with any kind of fixed length, so you could end up with stuff like > > col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 col1 ...... col2 > col1 ... col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 col2 co > ................................................ col2 col2 col2 co > > > No consistant column widths = bit table mess. Between what I was working > on, and part of one of the examples posted by Holly, I think I've got it. > > Thanks! > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Rakesh Pai Mumbai, India. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://piecesofrakesh.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/