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<figure> & <figcaption>

  • 07-10-2013 02:25PM
    #1
    _ciaran_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 94 ✭✭


    Just wondering what the consensus is on this -

    Can <figure> & <figcaption> be used to display thumbnails which are essentially just links?

    Think of youtube and the thumbs visible down the right hand side of the screen.
    Youtube use li>a> and then <img> & <span> to display the img & text content.

    Would it be semantically correct to use something like this instead?
    [HTML]
    <li>

    <a>

    <figure>

    <img src="youtubethumb.png"></img>

    <figcaption>
    <span>Title of video</span>
    <span>Additional info</span>
    </figcaption>

    </figure>

    </a>

    </li>
    [/HTML]

    I have difficulty interpreting the official line on <figure> -
    The figure element represents a unit of content, optionally with a caption, that is self-contained, that is typically referenced as a single unit from the main flow of the document, and that can be moved away from the main flow of the document without affecting the document’s meaning.

    Would a thumbnail link be considered a unit of content? It is certainly self contained and can can be removed from the flow of the doc without affecting the docs meaning but is it actually considered content?


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