[thelist] CSS-Only Forms That Don't Suck
aardvark
evolt at roselli.org
Tue Jun 21 16:19:43 CDT 2005
On 21 Jun 2005 at 14:08, Jeff Howden wrote:
> Rutabaga,
mmmm... bacon....
> The best I can seem to manage is right-aligning the right edge of the
> right-most button with the vertical line created by all the form elements.
>
> http://jeffhowden.com/code/css/forms/
>
> I'm not sure I'm happy with this look though.
yeah, not so much... and the lack of space between the buttons is a
problem, too -- no dead area for the mouse...
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> > ahhh... gotcha... we have a WYSIWYG, for example, but we
> > don't throw a tick in there or have a traditional
> > label... it would all just get lost in the chaos...
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> Well, certainly, which creates its own set of issues regarding error
> reporting for the content in the WYSIWYG that's consistent with all the rest
> of your error reporting.
exactly... your big red bar, for example, is something that can help
in those situations -- still consistent, but doesn't get lost in the
WYSIWYG content...
[...]
> When doing on the fly validation client-side and the offending problem is
> fixed, switching the red tick out on errored fields for a green tick can be
> a good indicator for users. Pre-validation though, it might work to use a
> black tick for required and a grey one for optional. These, of course, are
> replaced when a validation error is returned.
not a bad idea... we do on-the-fly in our CMS, but only change styles
on errors... interesting idea to also mark off fields in some way as
they are successfully completed...
[...]
> > although i'm surprised -- you've had nearly a week and
> > you're still only #5... sad...
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>
> Well, now that I'm #5 it's time to work on the actual promotion, eh?
so, what, i should link to you now?
lemme think about it...
your site makes me want honey.
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