Is it acceptable to use tables for forms? Or is it still more correct to use divs?

Question

I\'m wondering whether it\'s acceptable to use tables for forms.

Strictly speaking, name/value pairs are tabular data, aren\'t they? And a form is just

Answer 1

Eric, I would agree with you that form data is tabular data and semantically can live inside a table.

This is the method I use for simple data entry screens.

I wouldn't generally use divs, but possibly an ordered list

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as the form is an ordered list of items also. I find this method a lot hard to style however.

You'll probably get 50/50 split in answers....