CSS Form Template


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an HTML template for form CSS styling


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  1. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
  2. "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
  3. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
  4.  
  5. <title>A CSS-based Form Template</title>
  6.  
  7. <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
  8.  
  9. <style type="text/css">
  10.  
  11. /* General styles */
  12. body { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: 80%/1.5 Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #111; background-color: #FFF; }
  13. h2 { margin: 0px; padding: 10px; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 200%; font-weight: normal; color: #FFF; background-color: #CCC; border-bottom: #BBB 2px solid; }
  14. p#copyright { margin: 20px 10px; font-size: 90%; color: #999; }
  15.  
  16. /* Form styles */
  17. div.form-container { margin: 10px; padding: 5px; background-color: #FFF; border: #EEE 1px solid; }
  18.  
  19. p.legend { margin-bottom: 1em; }
  20. p.legend em { color: #C00; font-style: normal; }
  21.  
  22. div.errors { margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 5px 10px; border: #FC6 1px solid; background-color: #FFC; }
  23. div.errors p { margin: 0; }
  24. div.errors p em { color: #C00; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; }
  25.  
  26. div.form-container form p { margin: 0; }
  27. div.form-container form p.note { margin-left: 170px; font-size: 90%; color: #333; }
  28. div.form-container form fieldset { margin: 10px 0; padding: 10px; border: #DDD 1px solid; }
  29. div.form-container form legend { font-weight: bold; color: #666; }
  30. div.form-container form fieldset div { padding: 0.25em 0; }
  31. div.form-container label,
  32. div.form-container span.label { margin-right: 10px; padding-right: 10px; width: 150px; display: block; float: left; text-align: right; position: relative; }
  33. div.form-container label.error,
  34. div.form-container span.error { color: #C00; }
  35. div.form-container label em,
  36. div.form-container span.label em { position: absolute; right: 0; font-size: 120%; font-style: normal; color: #C00; }
  37. div.form-container input.error { border-color: #C00; background-color: #FEF; }
  38. div.form-container input:focus,
  39. div.form-container input.error:focus,
  40. div.form-container textarea:focus { background-color: #FFC; border-color: #FC6; }
  41. div.form-container div.controlset label,
  42. div.form-container div.controlset input { display: inline; float: none; }
  43. div.form-container div.controlset div { margin-left: 170px; }
  44. div.form-container div.buttonrow { margin-left: 180px; }
  45.  
  46.  
  47. </head>
  48.  
  49.  
  50. <div id="wrapper">
  51.  
  52. <h2>A CSS-based Form Template</h2>
  53.  
  54. <div class="form-container">
  55.  
  56. <p>More information about this template could be found in <a href="http://nidahas.com/2006/12/06/forms-markup-and-css-revisited/" title="Nidahas: Forms markup and CSS - Revisited">this blog article</a>.</p>
  57.  
  58. <div class="errors">
  59. <p><em>Oops... the following errors were encountered:</em></p>
  60.  
  61. <ul>
  62. <li>Username cannot be empty</li>
  63. <li>Country cannot be empty</li>
  64. </ul>
  65. <p>Data has <strong>not</strong> been saved.</p>
  66. </div>
  67.  
  68. <form action="#" method="post">
  69.  
  70. <p class="legend"><strong>Note:</strong> Required fields are marked with an asterisk (<em>*</em>)</p>
  71.  
  72. <legend>User Details</legend>
  73. <div><label for="uname" class="error">Username <em>*</em></label> <input id="uname" type="text" name="uname" value="" class="error" /></div>
  74.  
  75. <div><label for="email">Email Address </label> <input id="email" type="text" name="email" value="" />
  76. <p class="note">We will never sell or disclose your email address to anyone. <strong>This is an example of a note for an input field.</strong></p>
  77. </div>
  78.  
  79. <div><label for="fname">First Name <em>*</em></label> <input id="fname" type="text" name="fname" value="" size="50" /></div>
  80. <div><label for="lname">Last Name </label> <input id="lname" type="text" name="lname" value="" size="50" /></div>
  81.  
  82.  
  83. <legend>Contact Information</legend>
  84. <div><label for="address1">Address 1 <em>*</em></label> <input id="address1" type="text" size="50" /></div>
  85. <div><label for="address2">Address 2</label> <input id="address2" type="text" size="50" /></div>
  86. <div><label for="country" class="error">Country <em>*</em></label> <input id="country" type="text" name="country" value="" class="error" size="12" />
  87.  
  88. <p class="note">Errors could be highlighted by giving an <code>error</code> class to the input field, as seen here.</p>
  89. </div>
  90. <div><label for="telephone">Telephone</label> <input id="telephone" type="text" size="3" /> - <input type="text" size="3" /> - <input type="text" size="4" />
  91. <p class="note">(###) - ### - ####</p>
  92.  
  93. </div>
  94.  
  95. <legend>Submission</legend>
  96. <div><label for="year">Year (YYYY) <em>*</em></label> <input id="year" type="text" name="year" value="" size="4" maxlength="4" /></div>
  97. <div><label for="date">Month (MM)</label> <input id="date" type="text" name="date" value="" size="4" maxlength="2" /></div>
  98.  
  99.  
  100. <legend>Preferences</legend>
  101. <div>
  102. <label for="type">Type <em>*</em></label>
  103. <select id="type">
  104. <optgroup label="Type of Whatever">
  105.  
  106. <option>Corporate</option>
  107. <option>Individual</option>
  108. </select>
  109. </div>
  110. <div class="controlset">
  111. <span class="label">User Status <em>*</em></span>
  112.  
  113. <input name="approved" id="approved" value="1" type="checkbox" /> <label for="approved">Approved</label>
  114. <input name="pending" id="pending" value="1" type="checkbox" /> <label for="pending">Pending Applications</label>
  115. <input name="actives" id="actives" value="1" type="checkbox" /> <label for="actives">Active Service</label>
  116. </div>
  117.  
  118. <div class="controlset">
  119. <span class="label">Preferred Location</span>
  120.  
  121. <input name="radio1" id="radio1" value="1" type="radio" /> <label for="radio1">Option 1</label>
  122. <input name="radio1" id="radio2" value="1" type="radio" /> <label for="radio2">Option 2</label>
  123. <input name="radio1" id="radio3" value="1" type="radio" /> <label for="radio3">Option 3</label>
  124. </div>
  125.  
  126. <div class="controlset">
  127. <span class="label">Something Else <em>*</em></span>
  128.  
  129. <div>
  130. <input name="approved" id="check1" value="1" type="checkbox" /> <label for="check1">Some Option 1</label> <br />
  131. <input name="pending" id="check2" value="1" type="checkbox" /> <label for="check2">Some Option 2</label> <br />
  132. <input name="actives" id="check3" value="1" type="checkbox" /> <label for="check3">Some Option 3</label> <br />
  133.  
  134. </div>
  135. </div>
  136.  
  137. <legend>Profile</legend>
  138. <div>
  139. <label for="desc">Description <em>*</em></label>
  140. <textarea id="desc" name="desc" cols="30" rows="4"></textarea>
  141.  
  142. </div>
  143. <div>
  144. <label for="info">Additional Info </label>
  145. <textarea id="info" name="info" cols="40" rows="5"></textarea>
  146. </div>
  147.  
  148. <div class="buttonrow">
  149. <input type="submit" value="Save" class="button" />
  150.  
  151. <input type="button" value="Discard" class="button" />
  152. </div>
  153.  
  154. </form>
  155.  
  156. </div><!-- /form-container -->
  157.  
  158. <p id="copyright">Created by <a href="http://nidahas.com/">Prabhath Sirisena</a>. This stuff is in public domain.</p>
  159.  
  160. </div><!-- /wrapper -->
  161.  
  162. </body>
  163. </html>

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