
This example is similar to quite a few CSS based forms that I've seen. It is pretty low on markup in the form itself, and the CSS is incredibly simple.
CSS:
form div label { float: left; clear: both; width: 125px; } form div input, form div textarea { float: left; width: 125px; margin-bottom: 10px; } form div button { float: left; clear: both; margin-left: 125px; }
HTML:
</p><form> <div> <label for="login_username">Username:</label> <input id="login_username" name="login_username" type="text" /> <label for="login_password">Password:</label> <input id="login_password" name="login_password" type="text" /> <button>Login</button> </div> </form><p>
So, instead of moving the markup for the table cell(s) containing the inputs, if I wanted to move them a little, I could just make a couple of changes to the CSS. While the login form looks okay with this example, I just don't think that it is easily expanded into forms which would have even just a few more inputs and information: There are also issues of semantics. The <label></label> go some way to address this in the simple login form, but the detailed registration form cannot be dealt with in anything like as simple a method.
