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XHTML nested lists

Things I learnt today part one: Nested lists in XHTML are possible, but you can’t just put a list inside another list. You have to nest the nested list in a list item. References: W3Schools XHTML differences and the www-html mailing list.

Posted 16th July 2002 at 6:43 pm

This is XHTML nested lists by Simon Willison, posted on 16th July 2002.

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This bit me no end when I built aqtree, a little bit of JS which turns nested lists into explorer trees. I was completely unaware that UL elements can contain nothing but LI elements, and I was roundly castigated (well, not too much, but I should have been) on css-discuss and webdesign-L for not knowing. :)
sil - 16th July 2002 21:41 - #
I had this problem when I rejigged Orient the other day. I had the page looking lovely on my Palm too, and now it has extra dots in various places.
Paul Freeman - 17th July 2002 08:26 - #
Who woulda thunk it ... I appreciate you writing about this in your blog instead of me having to search around for hours with no solution in sight.
Wally Atkins - 4th November 2003 14:33 - #
Could you just blog me an example of nested lists some with bullets and the nested ones without a bullet. Thanks
Tamra - 21st March 2006 22:43 - #

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