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annako · 05-26-2023, 08:49 AM

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great day.

I'm having an issue trying to create nested lists in epubs. This is not for a nav or toc.xhtml document, but rather, appears in the running text of the book. For example, I want a nested list in the <body> tag of chapter01.xhtml:

Code:

<ul>
<li>First item</li>
   <ul>
      <li>First item Quality A</li>
      <li>First item Quality B</li>
   </ul>
<li>Second item</li>
   <ul>
      <li>Second item Quality A</li>
      <li>Second item Quality B</li>
   </ul>
</ul>

This is the correct way to nest lists to my knowledge. However, running the epub through pagina epub checker brings up the error:

"Error while parsing file: element "ul" not allowed here: expected the element end-tag or element "li", "script", or "template"

switching to <ol> tags doesn't work, and in any case, not what I want (I don't want a numbered list, but bulleted).

It seems only <li> are allowed within <ul> or <ol> tags. I tried searching on google for nesting lists for epubs, but it doesn't seem to be a common problem? What am I doing wrong?

Thank you in advance!

05-26-2023, 08:49 AM	#1
annako Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2023 Device: none	Nested Lists Not Working for ePubs Hello! I hope everyone is having a great day. I'm having an issue trying to create nested lists in epubs. This is not for a nav or toc.xhtml document, but rather, appears in the running text of the book. For example, I want a nested list in the <body> tag of chapter01.xhtml: Code: <ul> <li>First item</li> <ul> <li>First item Quality A</li> <li>First item Quality B</li> </ul> <li>Second item</li> <ul> <li>Second item Quality A</li> <li>Second item Quality B</li> </ul> </ul> This is the correct way to nest lists to my knowledge. However, running the epub through pagina epub checker brings up the error: "Error while parsing file: element "ul" not allowed here: expected the element end-tag or element "li", "script", or "template" switching to <ol> tags doesn't work, and in any case, not what I want (I don't want a numbered list, but bulleted). It seems only <li> are allowed within <ul> or <ol> tags. I tried searching on google for nesting lists for epubs, but it doesn't seem to be a common problem? What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance!