a name vs. span id?

On 05/26/08 11:27 am, yawnmoth wrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by Is there any reason to use <a name="..."over <span id="..."(or div / img / whatever)? >

It depends. What is the context of the question?

Quote: Originally Posted by Going to page.html#... seems to work the same for me on IE7 and FF2, regardless. Maybe the id="..." stuff doesn't work on older browsers?

True.

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On May 26, 1:29 pm, Jim Moe <jmm-list.AXSPA...@sohnen-moe.comwrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by On 05/26/08 11:27 am, yawnmoth wrote:Is there any reason to use <a name="..."over <span id="..."(or Quote: Originally Posted by div / img / whatever)? > It depends. What is the context of the question?

None, really. I was viewing the HTML source of some webpage, looking
for an anchor name I could link to and didn't find one. I did,
however, find an id, and, just for kicks and giggles, decided to use
that after the # and it worked, to my surprise.

All the webpages / webapps I've worked, thus far, on have used anchor
name. I don't plan on updating those applications but I might do
future ones with id's, instead.

I'm not really sure how many contexts there could be for a question
such as this?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Is there any reason to use <a name="..."over <span id="..."(or div / img / whatever)? > Going to page.html#... seems to work the same for me on IE7 and FF2, regardless. Maybe the id="..." stuff doesn't work on older browsers?

The id attribute can be used for all elements except BASE, HEAD, HTML,
META, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE.

That means you could do:
<h1>Page Title</h1>
<p>Bla...</p>
<h2 id="heading2">Second Level Heading</h2>
<p>Bla...</p>

The A element is inline, and therefore has to be wrapped in a block
element, so more markup, eg:
<h2><a name="heading2">Second Level Heading</a><h2>

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Quote: Originally Posted by >On May 26, 1:29 pm, Jim Moe <jmm-list.AXSPA...@sohnen-moe.comwrote: Quote: Originally Posted by >On 05/26/08 11:27 am, yawnmoth wrote:Is there any reason to use <a name="..."over <span id="..."(or Quote: Originally Posted by div / img / whatever)? >> > It depends. What is the context of the question? > >None, really. I was viewing the HTML source of some webpage, looking >for an anchor name I could link to and didn't find one. I did, >however, find an id, and, just for kicks and giggles, decided to use >that after the # and it worked, to my surprise.

It's a defined behaviour and the recommended way for named anchors, even
though it will not work in really old browsers (NN4 and the like). If
compatibility with the last century is an issue, use 'a' elements with
'name' attributes, otherwise use IDs on any elements you like.

Micha

On 26 Mai, 20:27, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.comwrote:

Quote: Originally Posted by Is there any reason to use <a name="..."over <span id="..."(or div / img / whatever)?

The a element is a semantic element, the span element is an undefined
element used for grouping text-elements.

Quote: Originally Posted by Going to page.html#... seems to work the same for me on IE7 and FF2, regardless. *Maybe the id="..." stuff doesn't work on older browsers?

This stuff works in all current browsers. Use the id attribute on
current elements,
don't add additonal elements just to have some fragment to refere to.
But the a-
element is there, and there is no places in the specification that say
that you can't
us an id-attibute on an a element. If I wanted an keyword to the left,
in front of some of may
paragraph, why shoud I use a span-element, if I could use an a-elment?
Nothing say I can't.