- From: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:13:11 +0200
Ian Hickson wrote: > One thing that XHTML2 does which makes a lot of sense to me is allow > nesting of certain elements within <p> elements, as in: > > <p> > For this recipe you need > <ul> > <li>an egg,</li> > <li>flour, and</li> > <li>butter.</li> > </ul> > Mix it all together and so forth. > </p> The problem is that you mix inline with block-level. Unless UL is redefined to be inline level within P I don't think this is a good idea. I like the idea of having either inline or block-level content. > Other elements that I could see being nested inside a paragraph are: > > * <ol> > * <ul> > * <dl> > * <menu> > * <table> I can agree with these, although I wonder about MENU. > * <pre> We have CODE and other nice inline elements for this. > I think the following should be allowed: > > <p> > ... > <table> > <tr> > <td> > <p>...</p> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > </p> That is indirectly nesting P elements, a bit ugly IMHO. It also doesn't make sense. > <p> > ... > <ol> > <li>...</li> > </ol> > </p> If OL is an inline element here, sure. > <ol> > <li> > <p> > ... > <ol> > <li> > ... Why would you want a P element there? > <pre> > <p>...</p> > <p>...</p> > </pre> Ouch! Forbid this. > <p> > ... > <pre>...</pre> > </p> Use case? > I think the following should not: Agreed with all examples. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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