It should be noted that the below comment is based upon using xhtml tables for managed layout. However, I just learned about css property "display" and its values table, table-caption, table-row, table-cell, etc. along with caption-side property. Alas, Mozilla and Opera 6 handle them fairly well, but not IE 6 at all. However, it appears Mozilla and Opera do not correctly display "caption-side: left" which rules out using table-caption for a label since labels are often on the left. In order to get various label placements with tables, I currently require row/column spans, which I do not see in CSS2. IMO, currently, neither CSS alone nor authored xhtml tables are completely suitable for xhtml+xforms layout; I still need my layout hint attribute on <group> and my caption-side attribute on form controls. At the very least, these two hints make authoring much easier and expressive without my other developers or customers complaining. See the ZVON CSS2 tutorial for examples: http://www.zvon.org/xxl/CSS2Tutorial/Examples/example42.html DRD> On a related note, label is layout-oriented too. Obviously, XForms supports CSS absolute positioning, but many (most?) prefer a flowed or managed layout. In that case, should labels always go on the left? Many form authors prefer top or bottom. Some authors prefer right-aligned over left-aligned esp. if one or more labels are rather long. Can all of this be specified in CSS using "caption-style" and "text-align"? Not only is the label
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