Sent by Michael Wilson on 24 May 2005 18:06
David Balch wrote:
> Unfortunately, this is not valid XHTML as <p> isn't allowed inside <ol>.
<p> as a child of <ol> is not valid, however, <p> as a child of <li> is
perfectly valid.
> For a moment I thought there was an easy solution when I was looking for a
> difficult one ;-)
I've used the following on several occasions without issue or a guilty
conscience:
http://www.iqmax.com/downloads/mike/css-examples/list-item-notes/
> Conceptually one doesn't find paragraphs in lists - only list-items.
> One could argue that something that isn't a list-item within a list
> should be treated as if it weren't in the list, regards formatting at
> least.
In contrast, one argument in favor of block-level content within list
items may be that just because something is a list item doesn't
necessarily mean that it doesn't warrant further elaboration or
structure. A complex set of step-by-step instructions, for example, may
require more than a few words wrapped in <li> to properly convey
meaning. I believe this is the reason the spec allows for block level
content within list items.
If the content in question isn't an integral part of a list item, then
it should be placed outside the list; perhaps before as an introduction
or after as a footnote.
At the end of the day, I don't think you will be committing semantic
hara-kiri by using this method to structure your list.
Best regards,
Michael Wilson
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