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HTML

Posted by Chris Gains
Chris Gains
2,888 Points

Navigation

Hi, when creating a navigation is it best practice to always contain it in a div? Ive seen a ul given a class of nav, then in other instances where the ul is inside a div and the div is given the class nav?

Is it always important to add the header element?

Thanks

2 Answers

Billy Bellchambers
Billy Bellchambers
21,689 Points
Billy Bellchambers
Billy Bellchambers
21,689 Points

From my understanding it is a matter of preference and entirely depends on its application.

Do what works best for you and no the <header> isn't a requirement but it does help structure your page and helps other coders make sense of the code you've written so I was say its good practise to do so.

However that said there's many ways to get the same result with code so work with what works for you.

Chris Gains
Chris Gains
2,888 Points

Thanks Billy. I'll move forward with something that makes more semantic sense.

Matt Coston
Matt Coston
18,425 Points
Matt Coston
Matt Coston
18,425 Points

I have found that a lot of people do this I believe so they can manipulate the entire nav if they want to. I have found this a lot of the time in Bootstrap for example.