July 3, 200818 yr Hi, I'm figuring out whether to use css or a table to position a cluster of elements - textboxes, dropdowns, and text like the search box on www.coldwellbanker.com Which would you use, why and how? Both routes appear to be fiddly and timeconsuming. or not?.... Cheers Andy
July 3, 200818 yr More or less every member on here will tell you to use CSS over tables. Tables in my experience, are usually coded less semantically, are less flexible and are generally considered not the best way of going about doing things. I suggest you look into nesting elements using CSS. It'll be a lot easier for you in the long run.
July 3, 200818 yr CSS every time, there's nothing really complex about the presentation, some bits will require more tweaking than others
July 4, 200818 yr Author Can anyone give me an example. Currently I a div class called cells which are floated left and stack up against each other. Luckily I'm using Visual Studio so I can use the design view to drag and drop the controls into the divs and that's working so far. Did anyone have any other ideas in mind?
July 4, 200818 yr I agree, which is why its bizarre that www.coldwellbanker.com uses a table. Thats really just lazy coding , plus it's really badly coded as well - lots of errors
July 4, 200818 yr here are som examples http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/11/11...dern-solutions/ http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/2007..._css_revisited/
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