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[cliff]

I do the exact same thing with buttons. But I don't use divs. All you need is
some css that lets each form float the the right of the preceeding form. Just
make a class like formfloat and then assign that class to the appropriate buttons.

Cliff




On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:38:21 -0400, Jon Baer wrote
> Another possible solution to the whole thing is to just use a named  
> variable inside of the submit itself + switch on that instead of  
> using 3 form blocks:
> 
> <form method="post" action="form.php">
> <input name="submit" value="back" type="submit" />
> &nbsp;
> <input name="submit" value="next" type="submit" />
> &nbsp;
> <input name="submit" value="home" type="submit" />
> </form>
> 
> - Jon
> 
> On Oct 13, 2006, at 8:27 PM, David Krings wrote:
> 
> > At 07:51 PM 10/13/2006, you wrote:
> >> I believe that this article gives you the divs layout setup and  
> >> the CSS
> >> styles in a basic form exactly as you might need:
> >> http://alistapart.com/articles/holygrail
> >
> > Thanks! I will take a look at it.
> >
> >> And then use CSS to absolutely position all three. And set each  
> >> width to say
> >> 120px.
> >> And set the left and tops as 0,0 and 120,0 and 240,0.
> >
> > Yea, that is what I don't see as "user friendly" when it comes to  
> > div. I
> > have no idea where on the page these forms may end up, so I can't  
> > specifiy
> > pixels or such. Maybe that article reveals more, but I really just  
> > want it
> > to attach itself to what there is above on the same page. I want to
> > position the buttons relative to each other, not relative to the  
> > page itself.
> >
> > I did look briefly at divs some time ago and found it to be useful  
> > when one
> > wants to have centered and right justified text on the same row.  
> > Can't do
> > that any other way.
> >
> > Maybe it is just one of these things where I need to push myself  
> > over the
> > cliff. I did that with CSS and it is less scary now, but still IMHO  
> > more
> > work than inline formatting.
> >
> >
> >          David K.
> >
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