Re: HTML text area appears in the wrong place

You should have "rows" and "columns" values in a textarea: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_textarea.asp Also consider using CSS instead of tables for the layout: http://www.sitepoint.com/style-web-forms-css/ -- Stephen On 14-12-27 09:34 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Hey gang, > > Quick q here. And I think this might be an easy one. But I'm unsure as > to why this is happening. > > I've created a text area in an HTML form with the intention of getting > the user to enter an address. > > <tr> > <td>Address</td> > <textarea name="address" form="usrform">Enter text > here...</textarea> > </tr> > > But when I put that into the form, the resulting web page shows the text > area at the TOP above the rest of the elements. This is what it looks like: > > Inline image 1 > You can also view this form here: > > http://php.lyricgem.com/ch01/orderform.html > > > Here's the rest of this form: > > <!doctype html> > <html lang="en-us"> > <head> > <meta charset="utf-8"> > <title>Order Form</title> > </head> > <body> > <form action="processorder.php" method="post" id="usrform"> > <table border="0"> > <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> > <td width="150">Item</td> > <td width="15">Quantity</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Tires</td> > <td align="center"> <input type="text" name="tireqty" > size="3" maxlength="3" /></td> > <tr> > <td>Oil</td> > <td align="center"><input type="text" name="oilqty" size="3" > maxlength="3" /></td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Spark Plugs</td> > <td align="center"><input type="text" name="sparkqty" > size="3" maxlength="3" /></td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Address</td> > <textarea name="address" form="usrform">Enter text > here...</textarea> > </tr> > <tr> > <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" > value="Submit Order" /></td> > </tr> > > > <tr> > <td>How did you find Bob’s?</td> > <td><select name="find"> > <option value="a">I’m a regular customer</option> > <option value="b">TV advertising</option> > <option value="c">Phone directory</option> > <option value="d">Word of mouth</option> > <option selected="selected" value="e">Don't know</option> > </select> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > </form> > </body> > > I realize that this question isn't strictly PHP related. But I also that > HTML forms like this are sort of commonplace in working with PHP. I > definitely appreciate any help you may be able to provide! > > Thanks > Tim > > -- > GPG me!! > > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net <http://pool.sks-keyservers.net> > --recv-keys F186197B >