Correct format or not?

[ashokbe]

<div> element inside the anchor<a> tag, ordered/unordered list tag and etc is correct html format or not.....

[coothead]

Hi there ashokbe

it is not permisible to place...

• block level elements

...within...

• inline elements

coothead

[traq]

in html4, this is correct. however, it works in all modern browsers (though it is sometimes "buggy" in Internet Explorer), and it is valid in html5.

[griffinwebnet]

Technically it should work but why are you putting a div into an anchor? If it is so you can make the anchor have a specific appearance, it may be easier and less buggy to make your list inside a div, then but the style attributes of your <div> apply to the anchor inside the list. For example:

(Style.css)

div#yourdiv ul li a
{
/* Put your properties here */
}

(index.html)

<div id="yourdiv">
    <ul>
        <li><a>Your anchor text here</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

-JL Griffin