title: Alternative to <table> layout in HTML
body: <p>Right now I have a webpage set up to be exactly the size of the browser window with a couple <code>overflow:scroll</code> 's in it.</p>
  
  <p>Basically, the page is arranged in two columns and three rows of a table. I would like to not use tables for style/formatting so my question is how would I make this migration.</p>
  
  <p>My page (in a nutshell):</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;table&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;
          &lt;div style="overflow:scroll;"&gt;
              &lt;div&gt;
                  stuff1
              &lt;/div&gt;
              &lt;div&gt;
                  stuff1A
              &lt;/div&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;
          &lt;div style="overflow:scroll;"&gt;
              &lt;div&gt;
                  stuff2
              &lt;/div&gt;
              &lt;div&gt;
                  stuff2A
              &lt;/div&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;
             &lt;input type="submit"&gt;&lt;input type="submit"&gt;&lt;input type=    "submit"&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;
             &lt;input type="submit"&gt;&lt;input type="submit"&gt;&lt;input type="submit"&gt;
      &lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;
      &lt;textarea&gt;stuff3&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;td&gt;&lt;select multiple&gt;
          &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;/tr&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></p>
  
  <p>The problem essentially is, I want to nest <code>&lt;div&gt;</code>s without putting a second nested <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> on a newline:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div style="overflow:scroll;"&gt; &lt;div&gt;stuff4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;stuff4A&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div style="overflow:scroll;"&gt; &lt;div&gt;stuff5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;stuff5A&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want the above to display two scrollable areas on the same line and I can't use <code>&lt;textarea&gt;</code> because the text needs to be multiple colors (see link provided).</p>
  
  <p>For those interested, the page will eventually be the staff side of a completely in-browser instant message tech support system for a university's CS department.</p>