You didn't quote much, so others might find this message a bit arcane.
Let's see if I can stick in some context:
url:
http://www.ing.umu.se/~id01mht/
mappo wrote:
There are about a million posts on how to get rid of the extra
space _after_ the form end-tag, but I can't find any that solve my
problem: extra space _in_ the form tag.
using css, by setting padding and margin.
I set margin bottom to 0, but that only helped between the form and
the rest of the page, not insode the form
You can also set margins on input, textarea, etc.
I have a table nestled inside the form
No, you have forms nestled inside table cells.
and since I want the submit button underneath the input text
field i have a br tag to separate them.
You don't need the br element. Use display: block for input element.
Set margin: auto to center block level items. Since MSIE/Win
doesn't get this, also set text-align: center for from element.
For some reason IE5.5 gives me what seems like two br tags.
Sounds like a bug in IE 5.5.
I looked at your code. That's not tabular data. Don't use tables for
layout. And KISS (keep it simple, stupid).
/* css */
form {
text-align: center ; /* hack so MSIE centers */
float: left ;
width: 12em ;
}
input {
display: block ;
margin: auto ;
}
<!-- html -->
<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get" target="_blank">
<input type="Text" name="q" size="27" maxlength="255" value="">
<input type="submit" name="btnG" value="Google">
</form>
<form name="imdb" method=post action="http://www.imdb.com/Find"
target="_blank">
<input type=hidden name=select value="All">
<input type=text name="for" size="27">
<input type="submit" value="IMDb">
</form>
<form name="biblan"
action="http://katalog.bibliotek.umea.se/opac/sv/opac/main.asp"
method="get" id="sok_fritext" target="_blank">
<input type="text" name="TextFritext" size="27" maxlength="100"
value="">
<input type="submit" value="Umeå St.bibl." id=submit1
name=submit1>
</form>
<!-- etc. -->
wfm, MSIE 5.0/Win. Also works in O7 and Moz 1.3. That's all you
need. You don't need the br element. And you don't need a table to
lay out the forms. And the code is much simpler. In fact, if it
weren't for the line wrapping, it'd be even prettier. :-)
BTW, lose the target="_blank" nonsense. Your users can figure out how
to open a new window if they want.
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Brian
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