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RE: Navigation lists and headers - best practise?

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Aug 24, 2006 4:00PM

The use of headers (h2 etc...) allows for keyboard navigation to the begining of thelist. I don't know if there are any technologies thet provide keyboard navigation to DT elements.

Jon


---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:00:47 -0500
>From: "Austin, Darrel" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Navigation lists and headers - best practise?
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
>> Recently I've started using headings for subnavigation. For
>> example, you have clicked on about us:
>>
>> <h2>Explore about us</h2>
>> <ul><li> ..... </li></ul>
>
>I've been doing something similar with DLs. In terms of accessibility, I
>don't know if this is any better/worse, but I tend to like the semantics
>of it:
>
><dl>
><dt>About Us</dt>
><dd>
> <ul>
> <li>Our Team</li>
> <li>Our History</li>
> </ul>
></dd>
><dt>etc...
>
>-Darrel
>
>
>
>


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