Use of <fieldset>/<legend> in Tables

[Adam Smith]

Hello,

Can I use <fieldset><legend><tr><tr> </tr></tr></fieldset></legend> to
select multiple rows in a Table such that I can demarcate several rows
containing form elements in a table?

Thanks

[Els]

Adam Smith wrote:

Hello,

Can I use <fieldset><legend><tr><tr> </tr></tr></fieldset></legend> to
select multiple rows in a Table such that I can demarcate several rows
containing form elements in a table?

No, you can't put anything between <table> and <tr>.
If you really need to have a form in only part of the table, you'd
need to nest another table inside a <td>.
Another option is to have the <form> and <fieldset> tags outside the
entire table.

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[Benjamin Niemann]

Adam Smith wrote:

Can I use <fieldset><legend><tr><tr> </tr></tr></fieldset></legend> to
select multiple rows in a Table such that I can demarcate several rows
containing form elements in a table?

No.

Invalid nesting,
<fieldset><legend><tr></tr> <tr></tr></legend></fieldset>
would be correctly nested.
But it's still invalid, because FIELDSET is not a valid child for a TBODY
element. You cannot put anything 'around' one or more table rows (except
for THEAD, TBODY or TFOOT, with TBODY being implied, if you omit the start
and/or end tag of it).

You cannot even put a TABLE into the LEGEND, because only inline elements
are allowed there and TABLE is a block element.

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[Els]

Benjamin Niemann wrote:

But it's still invalid, because FIELDSET is not a valid child for a TBODY
element. You cannot put anything 'around' one or more table rows (except
for THEAD, TBODY or TFOOT, with TBODY being implied, if you omit the start
and/or end tag of it).

I keep forgetting to mention thead etc when saying nothing is allowed
between table and tr :\

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[Harlan Messinger]

Els wrote:

Adam Smith wrote:

Hello,

Can I use <fieldset><legend><tr><tr> </tr></tr></fieldset></legend> to
select multiple rows in a Table such that I can demarcate several rows
containing form elements in a table?

No, you can't put anything between <table> and <tr>.

Except thead, tbody, tfoot.
If you really need to have a form in only part of the table, you'd
need to nest another table inside a <td>.

The usual motivation for this kind of thing is to obtain uniform column
widths from one form to the next, but unfortunately you can't accomplish
that with valid HTML. CSS will do it if min-width and max-width are
strictly applied by the browser.