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Asked: 2026-05-24T20:38:21+00:00

Let’s say I have the following layout on some pages: Title: Some Title Author:

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Let’s say I have the following layout on some pages:

               Title: Some Title   
              Author: Some Author   
Author Date of Birth: Date of birth

Notes:

  • Left side text is right-aligned and bold.
  • Used on several different pages.
  • The right side can contain input controls at some point.

What would be the most appropriate method to apply in this situation? I can think of a few options (assume CSS applied in external style sheet):

Table

Simple, easy, but I’m not sure this would be considered a good use of tables. 

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Title</td>
  <td>Some Title</td>
 </tr>
</table>

Div + Classes

I feel like this is a case of divitis and classitis rolled into one.

<div class="information">
 <div class="title">Title</div><div class="value">Some Title</div>
</div>

Container Div

This feels more like the right path but I’m not sure.

<div class="information">
 <strong>Title</strong> <span>Some Title</span>
</div>

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think you’re right in you saying you want to use a table, but don’t want to use. In this case i don’t think a table is correct either. I personally only use tables if i need to organize data nicely. Because you have so much, a bunch of floated divs everywhere is more of a hassle then just using a table.

    Because this is only two columns I would say use use two divs with floats or use two spans, instead of strong use a span and then style it with css.

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