That's the problem with the internet, outdated information is not so obvious. I guess I should've looked closer.
As an aside, I tested the lh tag and it works in a page that is html mud. I haven't tried it in a valid page. I was also able to get the css to apply styles to it. Ted -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lindsay Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:29 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] more definition list lovin' - the lh tag. Upon further research, it appears that the <lh> element was in older HTML specs. I found it in the HTML 3 DTD. but it is not in more recent versions. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/html3.dtd On 7/7/05, Joseph Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ted, can you give me the URL where you found that? As far as I can > tell from the HTML 4.01 DTD (i'm happy to me corrected) the <dl> > element must contain 1 or mor <dt> or<dd> elements, and can't contain > any other elements (although the <dt> can have inline elements and > <dd> can have block and inline elements). I can't find any reference > to a <lh> element in the current specs. > > > On 7/7/05, Drake, Ted C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just when I thought I couldn't love the definition list any more, I looked > > at the w3.org definition of the definition list and came across this: > > > > The opening list tag must be <DL>. It is followed by an optional list header > > (<LH>caption</LH>) and then by term names (<DT>) and definitions (<DD>). For > > example: > > > > <DL> > > <LH>List Header</LH> > > <DT>Term 1<dd>This is the definition of the first term. > > <DT>Term 2<dd>This is the definition of the second term. > > </DL> > > > > which could be rendered as: > > List Header > > > > Term 1 > > This is the definition of the first term. > > Term 2 > > This is the definition of the second term. > > > > > > Holey headers, batman! We can put a list header on our definition list? How > > cool is that?!? > > > > Has anyone seen a site that uses this? > > > > Andy Clarke uses the definition lists in forms, > > http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/e-commerce_definition_lists.html > > . This would be a great way to markup a set of radio buttons and use the > > header to define the group of buttons. > > > > One of these days, I'm just gonna have to sit down and read the entire > > specs. > > > > Ted > > www.tdrake.net > > ****************************************************** > > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > > ****************************************************** > > > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
