[thelist] Paragraphs within lists
Oliver Lineham
oliver at lineham.co.nz
Thu Nov 16 17:56:33 CST 2000
At 10:21 16/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>a <p> is a block level container, just as a <blockquote>... i don't
>know about you, but i don't nest <p>s within <blockquote>s, it
>doesn't make sense to me to say to the browser "this is a quote,
>but it's got normal paragraphs in it"...
i disagree, i think that makes complete sense. you aren't saying "it's got
normal paragraphs in it", you are saying "here's a quote, made up of
paragraphs".
one way html finely describes structure is by appropriate nesting. that's
the way css is set up - so you can say "this is what a <p> looks like" and
"this is what a <p> looks like if it's in (say) a <td>"
what would you do, if the quote had two paragraphs? use two
blockquotes? to me, that says "here's two distinct quotes.." which is
clearly wrong. using <br> in this context is presentational, so i think
using <p>s makes more sense.
>the same is true for <p>, it's just too generic... and there's no good
>reason i can see to nest them within <ul>, <dl>, or <ol>...
i use multiple <p>'s within a single <li> all the time and i think it
describes the structure of the document perfectly.
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