2008/8/7 Paul Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > This is one I've never been sure of; should the submit button be in a > seperate fieldset, or should it even be in a fieldset at all because it is > not a group of fields; it's a button on it's own. > > For example: > > <form> > <fieldset> > <label>Search</label> > <input type="text" value=""/> > </fieldset> > <input type="submit"/> > </form> > > As opposed to: > > <form> > <fieldset> > <label>Search</label> > <input type="text" value=""/> > <input type="submit"/> > </fieldset> > </form> >
Hi Paul, in strict (X)HTML documents, the FORM element must only contain block elements [1]. Therefore, an INPUT element as a direct child of FORM would be invalid for documents with strict DTDs. Using transitional DTDs, the FORM element may as well contain inline elements such as INPUT. Apart from considering the validity of the markup in question, the complexity of the form could guide one. In your example with a single text input field one might view the submit button to be part of this same fieldset. In more complex forms, e.g. a feedback form which requires input of name, e-mail, and a textarea for free text, the submit button would rather require its own FIELDSET or DIV or P parent element. Cheers, jens [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-FORM -- Jens Brueckmann http://www.yalf.de ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
