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

I never understood why you would use an ordered or unordered list for forms when a definition list seems more semantically appropriate:

  

    
Definition:
    

  

They can be a wee bit trickier to wrangle format-wise, but it always made a lot more sense to me than lists or tables for the vast majority of forms.

Having said that, tables don't seem inappropriate to me for editable tabular data.