Help with HTML Forms & Tables

[Aporter]

Hello,

So I've managed to make an html site for a business too, and I'm using table POST data for a php script. Everything works fine but my table spacing is no efficient. I'd like to keep the arrangement of tables all within the same form, but I would prefer that they are spread across the screen in columns rather than rows.

Right now it looks like this for the tables:

[Table1]
[Table2]
[Table3]
[Table4]
[Table5]
[SUBMIT]

I want it to look like this:

[Table1][Table2]
[Table3][Table4]
[Table5]
[SUBMIT]

How do I set the tables to appear after the last one rather than below it, yet still use the same [SUMBIT] button for all tables.

[Big O(1)]

this is more of a CSS question than HTML. You will have to set a width on the tables you want side by side. Make their width 50&#37; each or less and either float them or use display: inline-block. As long as you put the input fields inside of a <form> tag, the submission will pass all the data.

Also you should not be using tables for something other than tabular data. I don't know what kind of data you are putting into the tables but if it's just a form with input boxes and buttons you should use divs instead. It will significantly cut down on the markup.

[Aporter]

Each table only consists of a text area. The text areas are just passing input text to a php script.

[Aporter]

ah got it set! Thanks for the help

[Big O(1)]

You're welcome.

Since you're just using text area, I don't see the need for tables. Your markup could be something as simple as this:

<form action="processForm.php" action="post">
     <textarea id="text1" />
     <textarea id="text2" />
     <textarea id="text3" />
     <textarea id="text4" />
     <textarea id="text5" />
     <input type="submit" value="submit />
</form>

and the corresponding CSS would look something like this:

#text1, #text2
{
     display: inline-block;
     width: 50%;
}

[noahqw]

Use this HTML code:

<table width="200" border="1">
  <tr>
    <td height="87"><table width="200" border="1">
      <tr>
        <td>table1</td>
        <td>table2</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>table3</td>
        <td>t4</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
      <table width="200" border="1">
        <tr>
          <td>t5</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
<table width="200" border="1">
        <tr>
          <td>Submit</td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>

[Aporter]

Sorry, I forgot to post that I had figured this out, but hopefully the info will help someone else