>>> Clayburn wrote:

>>>> Okay, I think I got it.  The problem is for some reason the
>>>> </form> creates an extra line.

>>> No, the problem is not "for some reason the </form> creates an
>>> extra line". The problem is that the form element has, by default
>>> and per the specifications, top and bottom margins, which may or
>>> may not collapse depending what is before or after the form. Many
>>> elements (hn, p, etc) have top and bottom margins.

>>> You could have removed these margins:
>>> form {margin: 0}

>> I'd have thought that would've been the first thing anybody
>> suggested to the OP.

> Indeed. But, we had just got through the problem of whitespace
> between the end of a particular element and a closing </td> tag (a
> totally known IE issue) when the OP suddenly complicated matters by
> adding a form to the already fragile layout.