Re: List Headings in Navigation Panels

would be the perfect place for the <lh> element. List header
https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/listheader.html. Alas it died with HTML3

though there has been some thinking lately...
2017 - https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-list-head-caption-title/1832
2016 - https://stevefaulkner.github.io/lt-element/   (list title element)

I think it would be a useful element.

Jim

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi All--
>
> I'm wondering what you consider best coding practice for list headings in
> navigation panels.
>
>    - It would seem that <hx> would make the most sense, but adds a lot of
>    clutter.
>    - tabindex="0" provides the advantage of focus and findability, but
>    does not seem appropriate since it doesn't open or activate anything.
>    - <dl> doesn't seem right either, since the items in a list for nav
>    are not definitions.
>    - Adding sections with headings seems even more cumbersome.
>
> Example:
>
> Planes <open/close>
>          Trains            Automobiles
>     |
> *Flying a Plane*    *Buying a Plane*    *Painting a Plane*
> The Basics <http://www.yahoo.com>
> The Controls <http://www.yahoo.com>
> The Parachute <http://www.yahoo.com>
>
> Suggestions? Many thanks.
>
> Mike
>



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