Tue, 2004-09-07 17:40
Is it OK to wrap an A tag around a DIV. The DIV will have a mixture of content, H1, P, IMG, etc.
That allowed?
Tue, 2004-09-07 17:50
#1
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
The only thing of note that I can find in the HTML4 spec is that you mustn't nest A-tags, which I'm not planning on doing.
I have however noticed that in IE if I put an image inside the div then the area covered by the image is no longer clickable. Adding an "onclick" to the div cures this, and the problem doesn't exist in FireFox.
<a href="newsview.asp?n=14" title="Click to view the full story"> <div onclick="document.location.href='newsview.asp?n=14';" class="newsItem" id="news1"> <h2>blahdy blah blah blahdy blah blah blahdy blah blah</h2> <img src="/public/site/newsdocs/14.jpg" alt="Nailing the drop..." width="80" height="120" /> <p>yada yada yada yada yada yada yada </p> </div> </a>
Tue, 2004-09-07 17:50
#2
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
triple post...
Tue, 2004-09-07 17:50
#3
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
triple post...
Tue, 2004-09-07 21:26
#4
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
<a> is an inline element, while <div> is a block level element.
On this the HTML4.01 documentation http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#didx-block-level says:
Quote:
Content model
Generally, block-level elements may contain inline elements and other block-level elements. Generally, inline elements may contain only data and other inline elements. Inherent in this structural distinction is the idea that block elements create "larger" structures than inline elements.
Wed, 2004-09-08 08:46
#5
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
Then again though, in this crazy world of CSS if I set the A-tag to be a block element...
Wed, 2004-09-08 14:50
#6
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
It's more about semantics and structure though.
Use a span and make it display:block;
Otherwise you'll run in to validation problems somewhere down the line
Thu, 2004-09-09 00:39
#7
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
Couldn't you just do it the other way?
<div class="blah"> <a href="blah"> A bunch of text and images etc. </a> </div>
Or am i missing a point here? :?
Thu, 2004-09-09 08:47
#8
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
Fruitcake wrote:
Couldn't you just do it the other way?
....
Or am i missing a point here? :?
I want to make the whole block clickable. That would only make the text inside the block clickable.
Shoving it all into a button element has occurred to me, but I don't really want it to move when clicked upon.
Thu, 2004-09-09 12:06
#9
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
Ah gotcha.
Apologies.
Thu, 2004-09-09 12:50
#10
<a><div>blah</div></a> OK?
It seems to have some odd by effects so I'm goign to elect to but the <a> around everything inside the div, and then additionally attach an onclick event to the div.