- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 20:04:07 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Tom James <tom.james@digitext.com>
- cc: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
In this case I would use a dl not the less structured ol/ul. Also, I would wrap a map element around it. (Even though I know that this won't appear in some early versions of Amaya.) Cheers Chaals On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Tom James wrote: > >Randal Rust wrote ... > >> I am currently using UL and LI to create menus. >> >> <ul> >> <li class="navHeader">Cheeses</li> >> <li>Limburger</li> >> <li>Swiss</li> >> </ul> > >To me this looks like a list with two levels: the "types of food" (in this >case "Cheeses") and the sub-types (e.g. Limburger etc.) This should be clear >from the mark-up, without any additional hints provided by class attributes. >This attribute is useful for a human reader, but doesn't convey any specific >semantics for a machine, whereas a two level list has such semantic >information built in. (This is the same argument as using <th> for a table >heading, rather than <td class="tableheading">). > >So it could be coded: > ><ul> > <li>Cheeses > <ul> > <li>Limburger</li> > <li>Swiss</li> > </ul> > </li> ></ul> > >and extending to other food types: > ><ul> > <li>Cheeses > <ul> > <li>Limburger</li> > <li>Swiss</li> > </ul> > </li> > <li>Breads > <ul> > <li>Bloomer</li> > <li>Cob</li> > </ul> > </li> > <li>Spreads > <ul> > <li>Pickle</li> > <li>Marmite</li> > </ul> > </li> ></ul> > >etc - i.e. "Cheeses", "Breads", "Spreads" are in one list, and the specific >items are in sub-lists asscoiated with their particular heading. > > Tom > >Dr Tom James >Senior Consultant > >=============================================================== >Digitext - Online Information at Work > >Telephone: +44 (0)1844 214690 >Fax: +44 (0)1844 213434 >Email: tom.james@digitext.com >Web: http://www.digitext.com/ > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +33 4 92 38 78 22 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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