Good Bradfrost link above. Thank you for that. Here's a question. Since the great CSS Positioning leap forward we no longer have to use nested tables for overall page layout....as did most of us during the late 1990s.
But I do occasionally (still) use tables for laying out forms. As long as the tables are NOT nested inside the TD elements of a surrounding table, and as long as it's an occasional tool only, I don't see the harm. Violent prejudice against tables for layout is similar, in a way, to the way C-programmers now rail against the infamous goto statement, which is sometimes (break out of a doubly nested loop) useful and not harmful.............if kept under control, and if the goto points forward a few lines of code only. So. Is table layout now a sin no matter what? Even if not nested and used only occasionally? .....as for forms? On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Chris Williams <ch...@clwill.com> wrote: > > > With a hat tip to Phillipe, I've just started building off this model, > and > > I love it. Nice responsive form shown in the "form with left labels" > > example. > > > > http://bradfrost.github.com/this-is-responsive/patterns.html > > > > I had been doing all tables for really tight control of forms, but this > > div-based approach seems to be working and allows the flexibility to do > > the side-by-side alignments and so on that you're mentioning. While at > > the same time being responsive and tolerable down to the small form > factor > > devices. > > > > Not that I'm there/done/complete, but I'm coding it all right now and it > > seems to be working. > > > > HTH, > > Chris > > > > On 1/29/13 12:00 PM, "Tom Livingston" <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Hello all, > > > > > >Do any of you have a favorite form styling/structure pattern that you > > >always use? I am particularly looking for a layout that has labels next > to > > >form fields as opposed to above them. Also, multiple fields on one line, > > >like 'state' and 'zip' next to each other, with respective labels, all > on > > >one line. > > > > > >Every time I have to do a form I usually end up doing battle with some > > >aspect of it. Getting the above mentioned scenario all on one line, > having > > >labels vertically centered on the height of the fields next to them, etc > > >always seems to be a stumbling block for me. It never goes smoothly. > I've > > >tried several approaches, but each seems to have a downside. > > > > > >Off-list replies as necessary... > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > Thanks Chris > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > > > > > -- > > Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | > ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
