What to replace <span> in <form> with? "In XHTML 1.1 the tag <form> cannot contain tag <span>

Question

I am a beginner in html. I am using a login module from yootools:

What to replace <span> in with? I have XHTML 1.1 strict doctype (changing transitional fixes it) and I get error:

"In XHTML 1.1 the tag <form> cannot contain tag <span>

This is user/pass box lined up next to each other on the same line. What can I replace these spans with so it doesnt complain?

Thanks!

Maria

Edit: Cleaned up to this now. So I just need to find a way to replace <span class="username"> with something.

<li class="login">
    <form action="/cgi-bin/login" method="post" name="Login">

        <span class="username">
        <input type="text" name="username" size="18"  value="Username"  />
        </span>

        <span class="password">
        <input type="password" name="passwd" size="10" value="Password" />
        </span>

        <span class="login-button">
        <button value="Login" name="Submit" type="submit" title="L">L</button>
        </span>

    </form>
</li>





a:focus { outline: none; }

span.username,
span.password {
    width: 74px;
    height: 16px;
    padding: 6px 5px 2px 25px;
    float: left;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin-right: 0px; 

}



span.username input,
span.password input {
    padding: 0px;
    width: 100%;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    outline: none;
    float: left;
    color: #646464;
    font-size: 11px;
}



span.login-button {
    margin: 2px 5px 2px 0;
    width: 50px;
    height: 20px;
    float: left;
    overflow: hidden;
}



span.login-button button {
    display: block;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    width: 100%;
    height: 20px;
    border: none;
    background: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    overflow: hidden;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: 20px;
    color: #646464;
}




.login {
    float:right; 
    margin:5px 0 0 0;
    height: 24px;
    display: block;

}


.login span.username {
    background: url(img/username_bg.png) 0 0 no-repeat; /* ie6png:crop */
}

.login span.password {
    background: url(img/password_bg.png) 0 0 no-repeat; /* ie6png:crop */
}

.login span.username:hover {
    background: url(img/username_bg.png) 0 -24px no-repeat;
}

.login span.password:hover {
    background: url(img/password_bg.png) 0 -24px no-repeat;
}



.login span.username input:hover,
.login span.password input:hover,
.login span.username input:focus,
.login span.password input:focus {
    color: #F2AD29;
}

.login span.login-button {
    background: url(img/button_bg.png) 0 0 no-repeat; /* ie6png:crop */
}

.login span.login-button:hover {
    background: url(img/button_bg.png) 0 -20px no-repeat;
}



.login span.login-button button:hover {
    color: #F2AD29;
}

Answer 1

In the schema http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd

The Form Tag can only contain block elements, try this instead:

<li class="login"> 
    <form action="/cgi-bin/login" method="post" name="Login"> 
        <div>
        <span class="username"> 
        <input type="text" name="username" size="18"  value="Username"  /> 
        </span> 

        <span class="password"> 
        <input type="password" name="passwd" size="10" value="Password" /> 
        </span> 

        <span class="login-button"> 
        <button value="Login" name="Submit" type="submit" title="L">L</button> 
        </span> 
        </div>     
    </form> 
</li> 

Answer 2

Just put a <div> tag immediately after the <form> tag and a </div> tag immediately before the </form> tag, and you wont need to change your spans at all.