"Parent" & "Child" Tags
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How to Structure List and List Item Tags correctly
- Create a new <L> list tag for text that should be formatted as a list. (Use the <L> tag as the "parent" tag) by right-clicking anywhere, but near where you'd like to add a new tag is preferred in the Tags Panel. A window will pop-up.
- Select New Tag... > For the "Type" from the dropdown menu that pops up select List > Select OK
- New <L> list tag will appear.
- For each of the list items, reclassify <p> paragraph tags to <LI> list item tags (Use a "child" <LI> tag for each of the items under the <L> tag.
- Nest the <LI> tags under the <L> tag. Accomplish this by highlighting all of the <LI> tags by holding down on your keyboard the Shift key
“Parent” <L> Tag
The “parent” tag is the bin that contains the information. <L> Tag lets users know specific blocks of text is a list.
“Child” <LI> Tag
The “child” tag is characterized as an indented tag that is nested below the “parent” tag. The “child” tag is the content.
<LI> Tag represents each of the list items.
Below is the Tags Panel List tagging structure. Notice how the "child" <LI> tags are nested under the parent tag <L> tag.