One alternative is perhaps to replace all block elements inside the <a> element into inline ones...
Or the other would be to use javascript, and bind an onclick event onto the div. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James O'Neill <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are worried about validation an anchor tag cannot have block > elements in it, if I remember correctly, which is a little annoying. I think > HTML2 and HTML5 correct this. > > Barring validation, it seems like the way to do it. I am not sure, but you > may want to check how IE6 handles this too. > > > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 06:39, dionisis karampinis > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello to all! >> >> I would like your comments regarding the inclusion of a DIV, inside a Link >> tag. >> >> I need to make the following div element - 'linkable' , as such when the >> user hovers on it, to be able to follow a link to another page. >> >> e.g. >> >> <a href="http://www.impelmedia.co.uk/index.php/services/design/";> >> *<div id="service1"> >> <p class="servicep">My Heading</p> >> <p class="summary">Lorem ipsum text lorem ipsum text lorem ipsum text orem >> ipsum text lorem ipsum text orem ipsum text lorem ipsum text</p> >> </div>* >> </a> >> >> Do you think this is a semantic way of structuring these elements or not ? >> And if not do you know if there are any other alternatives so i could >> perform the same functionality? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Regards >> >> Dionisis K >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
