[thelist] N6 bug -- form labels overlapping form fields

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 12 12:24:20 CDT 2002


well, i got one reply offlist with a suggestion to just reformat the
form... but while tracking down bugs, i think i've narrowed it down a
bit thanks to bugzilla:

bug #85306, reported June 11, 2001
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85306
'use of label within th with text-align: right style doesn't render
correctly'

looks like it was fixed in the august 25, 2001 nightly build, meaning
the first milestone/version release that would have seen the fix
would have been mozilla 0.9.4, completed Sept. 14, 2001...

so, given that information, what versions of Netscape run what
versions of mozilla?  or what versions of Netscape would have pre-
0.9.3 versions of mozilla under the hood?


it seems the <label> has gone through a colorful implementation
history with the mozilla developers...

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96813
'LABEL element always treated as inline'

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47149
'[LBL]label element is treated as inline-block'


> From: "aardvark" <roselli at earthlink.net>
[...]
> http://lenderconsulting.com/order_form/
> (please don't fill out the form, there's no reason to for this)
>
> in some versions of Netscape (so far, not 6.01, 6.2, or mozilla 1.0)
> the form labels overlaps the form fields -- or rather sit behind them
> a bit... as if all the text was pushed to the right 30px or so... the
> page is valid HTML 4.01 Transitional and valid CSS...
[...]


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