Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> "tshad" <tscheiderich@ftsolutions.com> wrote:
>
>> How do I get a table to line up next to my text in the same cell
>
> Meaning what? I have a vague idea of what "line up next to" might mean,
> but I'm afraid that even people with some variant of English as their
> native language might interpret the statement in different ways.
>
>> (I know a table in a table is not a good thing
>
> It rarely is. It activates bugs, and usually at least one of the tables
> is not really tabular data.
>
>>- this is how MS does
>> it with their asp:radiobuttonlist objects)
>
> But why would you be limited by that in HTML?
>
>> I am trying to get the radio buttons next to my text and not below
>> it.
>
> That one I can understand, but how does that relate to what you said
> first (or in the Subject line)?
>
> Are we supposed to guess that the dummy text is in fact a legend for a
> set of radio buttons and the dummy cells is the table are actually
> radio buttons?
>
>> I have a sample that shows the problem -
>> http://www.payrollworkshop.com/samples/tableAlign.htm.
>
> Why didn't you include a _real_ sample? Surely there's something
> between revealing the actual data in your payroll and presenting
> pointlessly dummy stuff.
>
>> The code is:
> - -
>> <title>Untitled Document</title>
>
> According to Google, myriads of pages have actually been published with
> such a title, by the way. If an authoring tool creates such nonsense,
> the first thing in creating a new page should be to change the title
> text. Even for test pages, since otherwise you learn wrong habits.
>
>> <table width="309" height="117"
>
> Stop using pixel dimensions. Actually, don't set any dimension unless
> you know why and how to do it properly.
>
>> I just want to get the table up next to the text "this is a test".
>
> I could tell you, but then I would have to tell you why you are doing
> things wrong now.
>
> For a set of radio buttons, first think whether that's really the best
> approach for setting up a selection interface (see
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/choices.html )
> and if you _know_ it is, use <fieldset>, with the explanation in
> <legend>, and with each alternative on a line of its own,
> naturally with <label> to indicate the associations.
>
> After doing that, post the URL and ask about tuning the visual
> appearance, if you think that's a problem you cannot solve
> on your own.
Jukka,
You are the toughest person in alt.html without a doubt. *smile* You know
your stuff, but be gentle with people whose expertise level differs from
yours. It is not CSS-D of which I noticed you're a subscriber as well. Help
them, don't scare them. *smile*
--
Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com
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