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CSS to handle row spacing

I am trying to use CSS to a) get the field captions vertically closer to the corresponding form fields, and b) try to put more vertical space between table rows. Without altering any of the existing HTML, how can I do this? I've tried margin, border, line-height, padding, etc--in multiple combinations, but can't seem to get it to work correctly.

<html>
<head>
<style>
 
.CONTENT{
	color:#003B71;
	font-family: Georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
}
 
.VIEWBOXCAPTION{
	font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#003B71;
	font-weight: 900;
	height:50%;
	padding-bottom:10px;
}
 
.EDIT{
	background:#F7F7F7 ;
	font-weight:normal;
	color:#003B71;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:11px;
	width: 200px;
}
 
</style>
</head>
 
<body>
 
<table CLASS=CONTENT>
 
	<tr><td valign=top>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 1</span><br>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></span>
		</td>
		<td  valign=top>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 2</span><br>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></SPAN>
		</td>
		</tr>
	<tr><td  valign=top>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 1</span><br>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></span>
		</td>
		<td  valign=top>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 2</span><br>
			<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></SPAN>
		</td>
		</tr>
</table>
 
</body>
</html>

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erikTsomik

try this
<html>
<head>
<style>

.CONTENT{
color:#003B71;
font-family: Georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
}

.VIEWBOXCAPTION{
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color:#003B71;
font-weight: 900;

padding-bottom:10px;
}

.EDIT{
background:#F7F7F7 ;
font-weight:normal;
color:#003B71;
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
width: 200px;
}

</style>
</head>

<body>

<table CLASS="CONTENT">

<tr>
<td valign="top">
<span class="VIEWBOXCAPTION">capt 1</span><br>
<span class=VIEWBOXCAPTION><input type=text class="edit"></span>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 2</span><br>
<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></SPAN>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign=top>
<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 1</span><br>
<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></span>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION>capt 2</span><br>
<SPAN class=VIEWBOXCAPTION ><input type=text class=edit></SPAN>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

erikTsomik

as for verical spacing I would just put a blank row
<tr><td></td></tr>

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ASKER

Hi, the first part worked, but as I mentioned in my description above, I don't have direct control over the HTML--only the CSS--so I have to adjust the row height through CSS. How do I do this?

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ASKER

It's still rendering the same as without the TR style...