xhtml validation and nested lists

[Robber]

Just working on site validation and this seems to be causing a problem, when I close the li tag it gives one error but it cant be left open because of the well formed constraint. I cant use an empty element because then my text is not part of the li tag.

Anyone else done this?

[andreasfriedrich]

The following example validates (XHTML 1.0 Strict) just fine.

<ul> 
 <li>one</li> 
 <li>two 
 <ul> 
  <li>two.one</li> 
 </ul> 
 </li> 
</ul>

Make sure that elements nest properly.

Andreas

[Robber]

Hi andrea,

Thanks for that, I thought you'd made a mis-spell first time I glanced at that - thought you hadnt closed the li tag, but then I took a closer look and that makes perfect sense. I just hadnt got my brain into gear on how the list was actually being built - didnt realise the nested ul was actually a part of the previous li.

Cheers