Opera 7.5's fieldset implementation

[fwordboy]

has anyone else noticed problems with opera 7.5's implementation fieldset?
when i place a fieldset in a (tableless css)form it becomes tiny - about 2-3ems in height. i think this is due to float all the form elements but firefox and IE get it "right".
is opera right or is it wrong? and if it is right then how can i modify a css form to respect opera's interpretation of it?

[BlobFisk]

Have you tried adding widths and/or heights to the form elements? Also, what is your fieldset in? A div or just the form?

Have a look at this page [quirksmode.org] and see if it helps - Opera gets a special mention and the <br /> hack may help you. Also look at your [blue]clear[/url] usage...

HTH

[fwordboy]

i have seen this page before but obviously skim-read the opera mention.
so it must be because i have

label, input{
 float: left;
}
label{
 clear: left;
}

I don't really want to be adding <br />'s allover the place and I think its pretty poor that opera can't get this right. I really don't appreciate Opera at all.

[dcrombie]

If what you mean is that the size of the fieldset box ignores all the floated labels and inputs then Safari does the same - which probably means that it's the 'right' way to render it and the other browsers have it wrong.

The best solution I found (short of inserting <BR>'s was to add a div just before the </fieldset>:

<div style="clear: left;"><!-- --></div>

;)

[SuzyUK]

Opera is doing the right thing..

if all the contents of the fieldset are floated, then they are removed from the flow and the fieldset doesn't "know" it's got any children.

One solution would be to float the fieldset too (width declared) as the specs state that a floated parent will stretch to contain it's floated children.

Or
wertigon came up with a good solution for table-less Forms in this thread [webmasterworld.com]

Suzy

[fwordboy]

thankyou suzyUK. thats fixed it. i know its naughty but i was quite happy to ignore this problem in opera if it was opera's implementation of the fieldset that was at fault. now i've discovered opera is correct i'm happy to fix it.