XHTML alternative to using a single row table

[Logical]

How would you go about making four columns to place content in (in this
case form elements like a multiple select) using CSS/XHTML?

I would normally do this with a single row table that has four columns.

Would I be looking to do floating divs within floating divs? That just
seems as ugly as the old table approach.

Thanks

 

[rf]

How would you go about making four columns to place content in (in this
case form elements like a multiple select) using CSS/XHTML?

I wouldn't. However, if I were to use CSS/HTML:

Four select elements floated left and embelished to taste.

I would normally do this with a single row table that has four columns.

Would I be looking to do floating divs within floating divs? That just
seems as ugly as the old table approach.

No "within divs" required. Div soup is as bad as table soup.

 

[Toby Inkster]

Four select elements floated left and embelished to taste.

And I'm pretty sure Richard is referring to the following definition of
"select":

select
adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {choice},
{prime(a)}, {prize}, {quality}]
2: selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the
blue-ribbon event of the season" [syn: {blue-ribbon(a)}]

He doesn't mean

<select style="float:left">...</select>
<select style="float:left">...</select>
<select style="float:left">...</select>
<select style="float:left">...</select>