I think this would actually decrease readability because the labels 
(or the fields, depending on the order) wouldn't line up anymore.



And the code snippet you posted was actually the current code.

For preferences, the title of a drop-down menu is on one line and the 
drop-down menu ityself on a second line.  Readability and visual 
compactness can be improved by putting these two elements on the same 
line.



Files that would be changed are:



horde/templates/prefs/enum.inc

horde/templates/prefs/select.inc



below is a sample of one the file files.  For each file:

1. Remove the <br />

2. Move the <?php echo $helplink ?> to after the drop-down menu



<?php echo Horde::label($pref, $_prefs[$pref]['desc']) ?>&nbsp;<?php 
echo $helplink ?><br />

<select id="<?php echo $pref ?>" name="<?php echo $pref ?>">

<?php $select_var = $pref . '_options'; foreach ($GLOBALS[$select_var] 
as $select_key => $select_val): ?>

     <option value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($select_key) ?>"<?php 
if ($select_key == $prefs->getValue($pref)) echo ' 
selected="selected"' ?>><?php echo $select_val ?></option>

<?php endforeach; ?>

</select>

<br />