QRe: [thelist] Question about proper tag
rudy
rudy937 at rogers.com
Sun Aug 24 22:05:26 CDT 2003
> I have a question about the proper "semantic" tag if you want something
> to serve as both a heading and an anchor. Do you nest <h*> tags and <a>
> tags? What's the best way to do it?
that's a great question
> An example would be if I made something like a site map. Main sections
> would be headings, but would also link to the index page of the section.
> Below each section would be lists of links.
that example is easy
<h2><a href="section/index.html">Section</a></h2>
this is not a problem because the link is clearly a link, yet its place in
the site map clearly indecates it's a heading
trickier is if an H is also an anchor, i.e. part way down the page you have
<h2><a name="section">Section</a></h2>
and, say, a table of contents at the top of the page links to it
this has always given folks fits, because of the style that the A gives the
heading -- it looks like a link but isn't
to get around it many people do this --
<a href="section"></a><h2>Section</h2>
but i think the nested A is semantically better
just style A completely differently than A:LINK
rudy
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