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Feb 26.2009

I have been having a css problem that has bugged me for a while.

When I create a form in a list with each input in the li it looks like example 1 in the link below. When I add validation to this, due to one li being higher than the other it breaks the layout (example 2).

[URL=”http://i42.tinypic.com/20ro9dc.gif”]http://i42.tinypic.com/20ro9dc.gif[/URL]

I know a way to fix this is to set the height, but I need it to be scalable as the form gets quite complex. Is there anyway of stopping this list breaking in this way?

Thanks

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@FangFeb 26.2009 — The error text should be positioned absolute to a relative parent element.

This is with a mouseover, but the principle is the same:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

<script type="text/javascript">
function showHide(obj) {
var span=obj.parentNode.lastChild;
span.className=(span.className=='error')? 'show' : 'error';
}

window.onload=function() {
var aInput=document.getElementsByTagName('input');
for(var i=0; i<aInput.length; i++) {
aInput[i].onmouseover=aInput[i].onmouseout=function() {showHide(this);};
}
};
</script>

<style type="text/css">
label {position:relative; display:block; margin:1em 0;}
.error {display:none;}
.show {position:absolute; z-index:999; display:block; background:#eee; color:#f00; font-style:italic;}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<form action="#" name="form1">
<div>
<label>Your name:<input type="text"><span class="error">Please enter your name</span></label>
<label>Your code:<input type="text"><span class="error">Please enter your code</span></label>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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@DisfunctionalauthorFeb 26.2009 — Hi,

I have not built them like above, which I know may fix it. I am really wondering how to fix the issue when the form inputs are contained in li items and floated left and the heights change.

Code below:

[CODE]<ol>
<li class="first">
<label for="message">Your personal message:</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="5" cols="55"></textarea>
</li>

<li>
<label for="name">Your name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="field" />
</li>

<li>
<label for="phone">Mobile phone number:</label>
<input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" class="field" />
</li>

<li>
<label for="email">Your email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" class="field" />
</li>

<li>
<label for="code">Your code:</label>
<input type="text" name="code" id="code" class="field" />
</li>

<li class="checkRadio">
<input type="checkbox" name="more" id="more" value="1" />
<label for="more"> Tell me more about promotions by email.</label>
</li>

<li>
<p><strong>Don&rsquo;t have a code?</strong></p>
</li>
</ol>[/CODE]

I am using jQuery validate which causes the errors to appear in a list item also below the originals.

Its just an issue that I want to fix that doesn't just apply to this example that's all ?

Anyone?
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@comptech520Feb 27.2009 — Is there a way to have the label on the same line as the textbox?

Like this?

[URL]http://www.djentertainmentsolutions.com/contact2.php[/URL]
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@FangFeb 27.2009 — Is there a way to have the label on the same line as the textbox? [/QUOTE]
That is what the document in #2 does ?
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@comptech520Feb 27.2009 — I'm sorry! I added the CSS from the original example.

Is there a way for me to add a header with the red background with the link I provided?

Is there a way to make the labels and text boxes aligned in my example?
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@FangFeb 28.2009 — Give an image example of the required layout.
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