[rustybones]

So yeah I'm positioning my search field inside a header div and basically I want to ask, is it ok to use <form> tag to position it instead of wrapping the form in a div and then positioning the div?

Sounds like a dumb question I know but I'm curious, I don't want to fall into the world of "divitis"

[pgo]

I don't see why not.

Don't forget to make it valid you have to have a block element around your form controls (inputs/labels/buttons). I usually use <div>s for that.

[rustybones]

Really? so wrap div's around inputs to make them valid? That's the first I've heard of this... did I miss something?

So would this be invalid?

<form name="search-form" id="search-form" method="get" action="#">
  <input id="search-box" name="search-box" type="text" value="type your search here" />
  <button type="submit" id="search-submit">GO</button>
</form>

[pgo]

Run it through the validator...see what happens.

[rustybones]

Well fuck me sideways and call me Charlie! Thanks for the helpful tip mate, all valid code now I just wrapped a <fieldset> tag around the input and button tags

[Shiro]

Nice little tip on the fieldset tag - I've always used divs, but I never liked it because it felt like I was forcing it. The fieldset tag looks like what I need.

And to answer the original question, yes, you can use the form tag for positioning.

[rustybones]

I think fieldset has to be one of those long forgotten tags, along with the <address> tag

[Shiro]

Long forgotten for some, newly learned for me!

I'm still such a rookie

[funkyprem]

a list anyone?