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I always want to ask this question:

Is this validate

<a><li></li></a>

Or should always have

<li><a></a></li>

Is the first way wrong or you are allow to do that?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

the first one is wrong, as only <li> is to be a child of a list. the second is correct.

by what i understand, you want the whole list item to be "clickable". putting everything in <a> is also viable - block AND inline elements. this is perfectly valid in HTML5. won't validate in older HTML though. however, it does act correctly, given that <a> is given the style of display:block

A clickable <li> using an <a> tag - no JS to be used. Is it legal HTML?

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '12 at 01:27

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The first choice is incorrect. Second choice is correct.

answered Mar 09 '12 at 01:27

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '12 at 01:25

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According to w3.org, only li tags are allowed in a ul or ol:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#h-10.2

answered Mar 09 '12 at 01:25

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