Question

Eventually, our team would like to move away from tables, but it seems like div tags are so much harder to use. In the above image, the layout was created using a table, but I cant figure out how to get a basic column structure working using div tags. How can I get those buttons on the same line? HTML newbie here.

Answer 1

Not too difficult:

HTML:

<form id="login">
    <div>
        <label for="user">Username:</label>
        <input id="user" type="text" size="20">
    </div>
    <div>
        <label for="pass">Password:</label>
        <input id="pass" type="password" size="20">
    </div>
    <div>
        <input id="cancel" type="reset" value="Cancel">
        <input id="submit" type="submit" value="Login">
    </div>
</form>

CSS:

#login {
    background-color: #FEFEDD;
    border: 3px solid #7F7F7F;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 20px;
    text-align: right;
}
#login div {
    padding: 5px;
}
#login label {
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-right: 5px;
}
#login #cancel {
    float: left;
}

Live Demo