Michael B Allen wrote:
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Mark Armendariz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Michael B Allen wrote:
Secondarily, would you expect a professional library of this type to use
tableless forms? Personally I have never been able to create tableless
forms and have things line up into columns. So for now I'm going to use
tables but I would be very interested in hearing someone make a case
for tableless forms.
<snip>
.myapp label {
float:left;
width: 70px;
clear: left;
<snip>
As for making a case for css forms, I think the above example speaks for
itself.
As in good or bad? Your label width is fixed at 70px. If I lengthen
the text of one of those labels the form element is displayed right
over the top of it.
Mike
Well, the caveat is that the labels won't auto-fit for the whole
'column', but it's simple to fix by increasing the label width. I think
the benefit of cleaner code trumps the auto-resizing the labels.
Otherwise, you could write a js function that checks the label text and
resizes them accordingly. In the end it's a matter of personal style /
choice, but I'd much rather maintain a tableless layout by adjusting a
single css file than try to dance around table tags - even if they are
auto-generated - especially if they're auto-generated since that means
you have less html to maintain within your php code that generates the html.
Mark
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