How about this:
<style type="text/css">li span {float:right; margin-right:30%;}</style>
<ul>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>Item 1
<ul>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>SubItem 1.1
<ul>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>SubItem 1.1.1</li>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>SubItem 1.1.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>SubItem 1.2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>Item 2
<ul>
<li><span>[ Add | Edit | Delete ] </span>SubItem 2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
You could even do a little DOM scripting to add the edit menu dynamically when
an item is clicked.
cheers,
Geoff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andreas Boehmer
> [Addictive Media]
> Sent: Friday, 27 January 2006 11:46 AM
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels
>
>
> I am tearing my hair out over the decision on how to best
> format following
> data:
>
> We start with a list of items and subitems:
>
> Item 1
> - SubItem 1.1
> - SubItem 1.1.1
> - SubItem 1.1.2
> - Subitem 1.2
> Item 2
> - SubItem 2.1
> ...
>
> Sounds very much like a collection of LIs, right? Well, the
> problem is that
> for each Item and SubItem we will have links that allow the
> user to edit
> them:
>
> [Add] [Edit] [Delete] Item 1
> [Add] [Edit] [Delete] - SubItem 1.1
> [Add] [Edit] [Delete] - SubItem 1.1.1
> [Add] [Edit] [Delete] - SubItem 1.1.2
> [Add] [Edit] [Delete] - SubItem 1.2
> ...
>
> Now to me that looks like a table with column headings "Add", "Edit",
> "Delete", "Item Name". But if I do that I will loose the
> logic of the lists,
> which really should remain.
>
> Hmmmmmmm..... I really cannot come up with a sensible
> solutions for this,
> that does not involve a ridiculous amount of tags.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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