Re: Lists inside nav necessary?

Thanks so much. I am happy that I asked and now have a definitive answer!

thanks
tobias


On 11/06/2020 11.56, Léonie Watson wrote:
> It is helpful to use both the nav element and the list elements inside
> it. The reason is that the nav element informs screen reader users that
> they are in a part of the page that relates to navigation and provides a
> "landmark" for them to be able to navigate to with a shortcut. The list
> inside it informs screen reader users that there is a "list of N items"
> where N is the number of li elements inside the ol/ul, and this helps
> screen reader users judge the size of the navigation block and from
> there to decide on their strategy for navigating through it, over it, or
> something else.
> 
> 
> On 11/06/2020 10:47, Tobias Bengfort wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I often find myself building navigation like this:
>>
>> ```
>> <nav>
>>   <ul>
>>     <li><a href="…">…</a></li>
>>     <li><a href="…">…</a></li>
>>     <li><a href="…">…</a></li>
>>   <ul>
>> </nav>
>> ```
>>
>> That is: a flat list of links wrapped in li, ul, and nav. I keep
>> wondering whether there is actually any benefit over a simplified
>> structure like this:
>>
>> ```
>> <nav>
>>   <a href="…">…</a>
>>   <a href="…">…</a>
>>   <a href="…">…</a>
>> </nav>
>> ``
>>
>> That is: Just a nav containing links, without the list.
>>
>> Do you have experience with this?
>>
>> thanks
>> tobias
>>
> 

Received on Thursday, 11 June 2020 10:56:54 UTC