CSS Tag to hide Form Buttons for print mode

[sindelar]

Work-a-round: using css tag to hide HTML4.01 (FORM "buttons") in print mode. Validates with Tidy Message Warning against embedding "p", "span", and other tags I've tried.

[MikeGale]

If you post details of your source (markup and CSS) plus the message you should get better feedback.

[sindelar]

Hi Mike,

<center><span class="noprint"><form action="button"><input type="button" value=" BACK " onclick="history.go(-1)"><input type="button" value="Main Menu" onclick="parent.location='Menu.html'"><input type="button" value="MENU" onclick="parent.location='LC.html'"><input type="button" value="TOP" onclick="parent.location='#Top'"><input type="button" value="FORWARD" onclick="history.go(1)"></form></span></center>

Thanks
Bob

[Albert Wiersch]

Hi Bob,

You can enclose block-level elements in "div" elements but not "span" elements. "form" is a block-level element. I think this is the problem. Please see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/glo ... l#edef-DIV

The DIV and SPAN elements, in conjunction with the id and class attributes, offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to documents. These elements define content to be inline (SPAN) or block-level (DIV) but impose no other presentational idioms on the content. Thus, authors may use these elements in conjunction with style sheets, the lang attribute, etc., to tailor HTML to their own needs and tastes.

[sindelar]

Thanks Albert,

The code change to <div> worked great!

Bob