Hi Curious,
Firstly, correction to dd style, add "margin-left:10.25em;"
Secondly, the semantics
> <dt>Marge</dt>
> <dd>Homer's wife</dd>
> Your example would define the other way around, wouldn't it?
I believe your original requirement of name: value fits the example by Chris
above, and does not swap the items around. To expand on the example,
additional <dd>s could be appended, eg:
<dl>
<dt>Homer</dt>
<dd>Marge's layabout husband</dd>
<dd>Bart's dad</dd>
<dd>Springfields second biggest consumer of Duff</dd>
<dt>Marge</dt>
<dd>Homer's wife</dd>
<dd>Lisa's mum</dd>
<dd>Springfields biggest user of blue hair dye</dd>
</dl>
And the reason that these fit more elegantly than a table? Compare the code
above to a table below (which really should also should include thead, tbody
and col id's), it it just so much more concise and no blank cells.
Furthermore, when read by a screenreader the relationships become self
evident.
<table>
<tr>
<td>Homer</td>
<td>Marge's layabout husband</td>
</tr><tr>
<td></td>
<td>Bart's dad</td>
</tr><tr>
<td></td>
<td>Springfields second biggest consumer of Duff</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>Marge</td>
</tr><tr>
<td></td>
<td>Homer's wife</td>
</tr><tr>
<td></td>
<td>Lisa's mum</td>
</tr><tr>
<td></td>
<td>Springfields biggest user of blue hair dye</td>
</tr>
</table>
Graham Cook
www.uaoz.com
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