best way for form alignment? table or css?

**shaunysj** · Aug 18, 2012 23:49

Hi guys,
Is there way to make form align properly across different browser? IE is always give me problems argg...
I did google for answers. However, i came across website suggest that using table to align is not recommended. They recommend to use css but i can't achieve what i want(the picture below). Kindly help me please... thanks

**markbrown4** · Aug 19, 2012 00:52

Always post your HTML & CSS if you want help.

**coothead** · Aug 19, 2012 01:24

Hi there shaunysj,

try it like this...

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="language" content="english"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<style type="text/css">
body {
    font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;
    font-size:16px;
    background-color:#f0f0f0;
 }
#form-1 {
    width:275px;
    padding:10px 20px 0;
    background-color:#000;
 }
#form-1 label {
    float:left;
    clear:both;
    width:82px;
    margin-bottom:10px;
    font-size:90%;
    color:#fff;
 }
#form-1 input {  
    width:174px;
    margin-bottom:10px;
 }  
</style>

</head>
<body>

<form id="form-1" action="#">

<div>
 <label for="lgn">Login:</label>
 <input id="lgn" type="text">

 <label for="pwd">Password:</label>
 <input id="pwd" type="text">
</div>

</form>

</body>
</html>

coothead

**shaunysj** · Aug 19, 2012 01:30

Originally Posted by coothead

Hi there shaunysj,

try it like this...

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="language" content="english"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<style type="text/css">
body {
    font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;
    font-size:16px;
    background-color:#f0f0f0;
 }
#form-1 {
    width:275px;
    padding:10px 20px 0;
    background-color:#000;
 }
#form-1 label {
    float:left;
    clear:both;
    width:82px;
    margin-bottom:10px;
    font-size:90%;
    color:#fff;
 }
#form-1 input {  
    width:174px;
    margin-bottom:10px;
 }  
</style>

</head>
<body>

<form id="form-1" action="#">

<div>
 <label for="lgn">Login:</label>
 <input id="lgn" type="text">

 <label for="pwd">Password:</label>
 <input id="pwd" type="text">
</div>

</form>

</body>
</html>

coothead

Hey! thanks a lot! This work flawless even on IE.

**coothead** · Aug 19, 2012 01:55

No problem, you're very welcome.

coothead

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