I have a contact form and I want to add a question that asks which browser they are using. I am so short on space and I initially wanted it to look like this…
Which browser are you using? (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer)
and they would type theirs in
But I am out of room.
Can I please find out how to make an easy drop down List (not sure if this is name) so the people can just “choose” the one from a list.
I do not even know if this will show up in the email I get from the contact form doing it this way.
When the email comes to me after I did the test in the contact form, the order displayed was
NAME:
EMAIL:
MESSAGE:
Browser TYPE:
I imagine this order is because I added the BROWSER TYPE last as part of my contact form.
In my form it is name, email, browser, message but I am sure the placement makes new difference.
is there an easy way to have it display like this when I get my email…
what if i did not use a table and all looks good, is in order and works? do i need a table to get the fields in order?
No. Tables are not necessary. Some people find tables easier to work with than other construction methods but there’s no hard and fast rule here. If it’s working to your satisfaction then run with it.
Would this then get the desired order of name, email, browser, message?
The general rule is that creation order will determine the order of the output but to guarantee the order a table will do the trick. See my previous example at http://www.deltadesign.co/formtest.html
The reason I recommend a table structure is that if text size is increased in the browser then the legend text will stay with the fields they relate to. This will not happen with individually drawn elements.
In your case, because you are using graphic text, you dont have that problem because your text cannot increase in size - you also have un indexable/searchable text. Bad SEO karma!