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alignment using CSS -
02-26-2008
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I am trying to do something like: label1 (100px;left-margin:10px) value 1 (200px) label2 (100px) value2 (200px, right margin:10px) Repeat the above so that all labels and values line up. |
table? That's what it's for.
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Hi, I am trying to align a couple of rows of data/label using CSS and am failing. I tried to use span with width but soon realized can't assign width to inline elements. I am trying to do something like: label1 (100px;left-margin:10px) value 1 (200px) label2 (100px) value2 (200px, right margin:10px) |
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Repeat the above so that all labels and values line up. |
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ashkaa... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: I am trying to do something like: label1 (100px;left-margin:10px) * *value 1 (200px) * * * * * label2 (100px) * * *value2 (200px, right margin:10px) Repeat the above so that all labels and values line up. It looks suspiciously like tabular data. If it is, why don't you use a table? That's what it's for. -- Berg |
was merely displaying data, I would have used a table.
It is for asp.net page, the data comes from the database. I just want
to line up the labels and data without using tables. If it is not
possible, or does not make sense, then I will use table, but I thought
it was discouraged to do so.
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On Feb 26, 7:10*pm, Bergamot <berga... (AT) visi (DOT) com> wrote: ashkaa... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: I am trying to do something like: label1 (100px;left-margin:10px) * *value 1 (200px) * * * * * label2 (100px) * * *value2 (200px, right margin:10px) Repeat the above so that all labels and values line up. It looks suspiciously like tabular data. If it is, why don't you use a table? That's what it's for. -- Berg It is actually a form. That's why I did not want to use tables. If I was merely displaying data, I would have used a table. It is for asp.net page, the data comes from the database. I just want to line up the labels and data without using tables. If it is not possible, or does not make sense, then I will use table, but I thought it was discouraged to do so. |
table because it makes more sense to do this. It is like this. If
you are discouraged from using a hammer and well-aimed chisel on
an accessible-by-spanner nut, this does not mean that you should
use a hammer and chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut on a
motor bike or boat or washing machine.
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dorayme
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It is possible and it does make sense but you still should use a table because it makes more sense to do this. It is like this. If you are discouraged from using a hammer and well-aimed chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut, this does not mean that you should use a hammer and chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut on a motor bike or boat or washing machine. |
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In article 06d32acd-dfc6-4e94-bec4-b3d4b01c3... (AT) p43g2000hsc (DOT) googlegroups.co m>, *ashkaa... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: On Feb 26, 7:10*pm, Bergamot <berga... (AT) visi (DOT) com> wrote: ashkaa... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: I am trying to do something like: label1 (100px;left-margin:10px) * *value 1 (200px) * * * * * label2 (100px) * * *value2 (200px, right margin:10px) Repeat the above so that all labels and values line up. It looks suspiciously like tabular data. If it is, why don't you use a table? That's what it's for. -- Berg It is actually a form. That's why I did not want to use tables. If I was merely displaying data, I would have used a table. It is for asp.net page, the data comes from the database. I just want to line up the labels and data without using tables. If it is not possible, or does not make sense, then I will use table, but I thought it was discouraged to do so. It is possible and it does make sense but you still should use a table because it makes more sense to do this. It is like this. If you are discouraged from using a hammer and well-aimed chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut, this does not mean that you should use a hammer and chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut on a motor bike or boat or washing machine. -- dorayme- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
use tables when I am not just displaying data (where it makes sense to
use tables.) Also, to comply with section 508 (I think it is 508), use
of tables is also discouraged since some readers have diffciulty
reading tables.
But now I am being told it is OK to use tables, even if I am not just
displaying data. Should I, ot shouldn't I, use CSS if all I am doing
is aligning a bunch of controls (labels, dropdowns, textboxes, ..) on
a page?
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On Feb 27, 12:34*am, dorayme <doraymeRidT... (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote: In article 06d32acd-dfc6-4e94-bec4-b3d4b01c3... (AT) p43g2000hsc (DOT) googlegroups.co m>, ... It is actually a form. That's why I did not want to use tables. If I was merely displaying data, I would have used a table. It is for asp.net page, the data comes from the database. I just want to line up the labels and data without using tables. If it is not possible, or does not make sense, then I will use table, but I thought it was discouraged to do so. It is possible and it does make sense but you still should use a table because it makes more sense to do this. ... OK, I am totally confused now. I hear that it is good design not to use tables when I am not just displaying data (where it makes sense to use tables.) Also, to comply with section 508 (I think it is 508), use of tables is also discouraged since some readers have diffciulty reading tables. But now I am being told it is OK to use tables, even if I am not just displaying data. Should I, ot shouldn't I, use CSS if all I am doing is aligning a bunch of controls (labels, dropdowns, textboxes, ..) on a page? |
too. Who is telling you otherwise specifically for this situation?
You see, it is your "even if I am not just displaying data" that
I was focussing on. Let me put it as I understand it. Just
because you are not JUST displaying data, does not mean you
should not use tables. Why should it? If you are displaying
tables - even if you are also doing something else as well, eg.
eliciting replies in a form, or whatever, tables are, prima
facie, the tool to use. You need an argument for *not* using
them. And your "I hear that it is good design not to
use tables when I am not just displaying data" is not much of an
argument.
Perhaps I am reading you in a way that others are not reading
you? I don't know. I am sorry to have caused any confusion.
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"dorayme" <doraymeRidThis (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote in message news:doraymeRidThis-48E54C.16342527022008 (AT) news-vip (DOT) optusnet.com.au... It is possible and it does make sense but you still should use a table because it makes more sense to do this. It is like this. If you are discouraged from using a hammer and well-aimed chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut, this does not mean that you should use a hammer and chisel on an accessible-by-spanner nut on a motor bike or boat or washing machine. What? |
we have a fair referee (how about Luigi?) that you get it back if
I cannot make the analogy good. <g>
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dorayme
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If you are displaying tables |
sorry a typo...
(it is getting late in the day and I am having a ticklish problem
with IE 6 that is exhausting me...)
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dorayme
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