November 2, 2001
DHTML UI Redux
Matthew McShane writes in to remind us that the infrastructure to create hierarchical menus with HTML has been around for years in the form of long-forgotten <OPTGROUP> element, which was supposed to add structure to <SELECT> and <OPTION> elements. Problem is, its never been supported by browsers as intended. The graphic on the right is how <OPTGROUP> might have been rendered, in perfect world where everything is wonderful.










