Hey Ryan,
I'd like to jump in on this as well. This is a problem not just with
lists, but that is a good example.
The HTML5 spec has a semi-solution, in that it is suggested that when
you omit the p tags, there are in effect 'implicit paragraphs'. Check
out the last example of this section, http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/dom.html#paragraph
, (the one about 'My Cats'). While that example is a clever way of
thinking of the data, ultimately I don't think this is a workable
solution, because it is impossible to know for sure that the text on
either side of the block element is actually related.
Let's for a second assume the HTML5 spec were to make a change here.
If that were to happen, the CSS 'display' value 'inline-block' could
offer inspiration for terminology, and behavior, for this situation.
Perhaps something like, 'if a block element occurs within phrasing
content, it would cause content model to reset to flow content
underneath that block element'.
Regards,
Seth
On Jul 26, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Ryan Roberts wrote:
I came across a problem recently while trying to markup a list
within a paragraph. Here's an example:
- Today I went to the local store and bought; cheese, bread, milk,
eggs and a tin of spam. When I got home I found the eggs were rotten
and the bread was green!
Here we have an inline list within a paragraph, something I would
guess to be quite common.
It would not be appropriate to break out into a block level list
surrounded by two separate paragraphs. Using CSS is also out of the
question because I would then have to embed the list element within
the paragraph. I suppose I could use the b element to set the list
text off from the surrounding text but this doesn't convey the
correct semantic information.
Has a solution for this ever been considered in HTML? If it has
been considered is there anything I can read covering why it wasn't
accepted?
Thanks,
Ryan
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