RE: HTML: nested lists OK?

["Char James-Tanny" <CharJT -at- helpstuff -dot- com>]

Hi, John :-)

The spec does allow for nested lists, but they have to be formed correctly.

For example, this validates:

<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li><a href="members.html">Members</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="amembers.html">Alphabetical</a></li>
<li><a href="cmembers.html">Category</a></li></ul>
</li></ul>

while this doesn't:

<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li><a href="members.html">Members</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="amembers.html">Alphabetical</a></li>
<li><a href="cmembers.html">Category</a></li></ul>
</ul>

Most browsers figure out what you want to do, no matter how it's coded.

HTH!

Char
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> Apparently the HTML spec does not allow for nested lists (ie UL 
> tage inside another UL tag). However all the browsers I've tested 
> display nested lists fine. Does anyone know any reason not to 
> nest UL and OL tags in HTML?
> 
> John Cornellier


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