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Apply styles to label elements, but only if they appear inside of an input form

 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
     <head>
        <style type="text/css">
            form label {
                display: block;
                font-weight: bold;
                margin: 5px;
                width: 225px;
                text-align: right;
                background: black;
            }
        </style>
        <title>Feedback Form - Widgets and What's-its</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Widgets and What's-its</h1>
        <form>
            <h2>Tell us what's on your mind..</h2>
            <div>
                <label for='feedback[name]'>Name:</label>
                <input type='text' size='25' name='feedback[name]' />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for='feedback[email]'>Email:</label>
                <input type='text' size='25' name='feedback[email]' />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for='feedback[address]'>Address:</label>
                <textarea name='feedback[address]' cols='40' rows='3' wrap='virtual'></textarea>
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for='feedback[message]'>Comments:</label>
                <textarea name='feedback[message]' cols='40' rows='6' wrap='virtual'></textarea>
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for='feedback[heard]'>How'd you hear about us?</label>           
                <select name='feedback[heard]'>
                    <option value=''>Choose...</option>
                    <option value='newspaper'>Newspaper</option>
                    <option value='magazine'>Magazine</option>
                    <option value='television'>Television</option>
                    <option value='radio'>Radio</option>
                    <option value='other'>Other</option>
                </select>
            </div>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>








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