[whatwg] <p> elements containing other block-level elements
Anne van Kesteren
fora at annevankesteren.nl
Thu Apr 7 00:13:11 PDT 2005
Ian Hickson wrote:
> One thing that XHTML2 does which makes a lot of sense to me is allow
> nesting of certain elements within <p> elements, as in:
>
> <p>
> For this recipe you need
> <ul>
> <li>an egg,</li>
> <li>flour, and</li>
> <li>butter.</li>
> </ul>
> Mix it all together and so forth.
> </p>
The problem is that you mix inline with block-level. Unless UL is
redefined to be inline level within P I don't think this is a good idea.
I like the idea of having either inline or block-level content.
> Other elements that I could see being nested inside a paragraph are:
>
> * <ol>
> * <ul>
> * <dl>
> * <menu>
> * <table>
I can agree with these, although I wonder about MENU.
> * <pre>
We have CODE and other nice inline elements for this.
> I think the following should be allowed:
>
> <p>
> ...
> <table>
> <tr>
> <td>
> <p>...</p>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> </p>
That is indirectly nesting P elements, a bit ugly IMHO. It also doesn't
make sense.
> <p>
> ...
> <ol>
> <li>...</li>
> </ol>
> </p>
If OL is an inline element here, sure.
> <ol>
> <li>
> <p>
> ...
> <ol>
> <li>
> ...
Why would you want a P element there?
> <pre>
> <p>...</p>
> <p>...</p>
> </pre>
Ouch! Forbid this.
> <p>
> ...
> <pre>...</pre>
> </p>
Use case?
> I think the following should not:
Agreed with all examples.
--
Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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