# Inline CSS in forms, for real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 26, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-css-in-forms-for-real/185839 "2010-03-26T23:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cult_hero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-css-in-forms-for-real/185839/1 "2010-03-26T23:43:28Z")
So, I use a form helper and it works nicely. Then I look at the code and I find myself somewhat annoyed: I obviously have no issue with hidden inputs, but WHY OH WHY are they inside a completely unnecessary div with completely unnecessary INLINE css? With that being said, aside from a monkey patch, what’s the best way to override this helper to get rid of that junk? ---
**Author:** ![cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cult_hero)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-css-in-forms-for-real/185839/2 "2010-03-27T00:44:57Z")
cult hero wrote: > So, I use a form helper and it works nicely. Then I look at the code > and I find myself somewhat annoyed: > > I obviously have no issue with hidden inputs, but WHY OH WHY are they > inside a completely unnecessary div with completely unnecessary INLINE > css? Well for one thing, the is not “completely unnecessary.” The HTML will not validate without it (or some other valid element. tags are now allowed to be direct children of tags. ## Output from W3C HTML validator: Line 11, Column 52: document type does not allow element “input” here; missing one of “ins”, “del”, “h1”, “h2”, “h3”, “h4”, “h5”, “h6”, “p”, “div”, “address”, “fieldset” start-tag ✉ The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you’ve placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you’ve forgotten to close a previous element. ## One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as “ ” or “ ”) inside an inline element (such as “”, “”, or “”). As for the inline style, I’m not sure if all that is necessary, but I’d venture to guess that Rails might be using some shared code in order to be more reusable. Having the extra styles doesn’t really hurt anything anyway AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cult_hero)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-css-in-forms-for-real/185839/3 "2010-03-27T01:13:01Z")
Ahhh. You and I are using different doc types. A hidden fieldset makes more sense. And the inline CSS doesn’t hurt anything per se, but if you’re a control freak about your HTML that’s a real eyesore and there’s no way in the configuration to do anything about a number of defaults like that. ---
**Author:** ![cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cult_hero)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-css-in-forms-for-real/185839/4 "2010-03-27T13:15:12Z")
im aren’t expert in nothing, but I think the inline does not work in most current versions of browsers. Sorry about my bad english.xD On 26 mar, 19:42, cult hero [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > With that being said, aside from a monkey patch, what’s the best way > to override this helper to get rid of that junk? – Twitter[Coisas Pessoais & Importantes]: [http://twitter.com/Hugolnx](http://twitter.com/Hugolnx) Buzz[Coisas Importantes]: [http://www.google.com/profiles/hugoLnx#buzz](http://www.google.com/profiles/hugoLnx#buzz) Github: [HugoLnx (HugoLnx) · GitHub](http://github.com/HugoLnx) Google: [http://www.google.com/profiles/hugoLnx](http://www.google.com/profiles/hugoLnx) ---
**Author:** ![cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@cult\_hero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cult_hero)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-css-in-forms-for-real/185839/5 "2010-03-28T04:09:15Z")
HugoLnx wrote: > im aren’t expert in nothing, but I think the inline does not work in > most current versions of browsers. > Sorry about my bad english.xD Where did you get that idea? I don’t know of any modern web browser that doesn’t support all the CSS in style=“margin:0;padding:0;display:inline” The only thing I can think of that might be getting you confused is that some browsers (okay really only the stupid one that needs no introduction) would be “display: inline-block;” All modern browsers AFAIK support “display: inline;”