- From: Dave J Woolley <david.woolley@bts.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 19:31:59 +0100
- To: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
> From: Joe Mansheim [SMTP:joemansh@interl.net] > > I would like to suggest a new type of list call a tree list. > I think it would make structured information clearer to the reader. > [DJW:] The number of variations of list in HTML has been cut back since its origins because browser developers have failed to implement them. Moreover, in the current situation, this would be considered presentational, and therefore a job for style sheets. You can get pretty close to this with style sheets at the moment - the main problem is continuing the lines down. You could also alternate background colours to show the nesting. However, given the insistence of people on implementing collapsing lists using scripted movement of individual lines, and their general reluctance to use proper list structures, even when one can implement quite good collapsing lists with a proper list structure in the HTML, I can't see many people taking it up, even with style sheets. (Part of the problem is the absolute insistence on specific presentation, combined with a requirement to support old browser, but there is a lot of cut and paste coding as well.) -- --------------------------- DISCLAIMER --------------------------------- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of BTS. >
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