How to use menu with ol?

[arun-mani-j]

Hii.

Sorry if it has been already answered.

How does one use menu with ol and still get a vertical list with the depth indicator (that whitish line)?

If we use menu with ol, it becomes a horizontal list. Is it intentional, like due to accessibility reasons?

Example: https://play.tailwindcss.com/A8bbC4r6Ak

[pdanpdan]

In 5.6 you'll be able to use menu tag instead of ul. But ol is not included. Is there a semantic good meaning to justify it?

[arun-mani-j]

Oh thanks! TIL of menu. I'm using the menu class to display a table of contents and menu with details lets me expand and hide the nested chapters. So I felt that `ol` would be the right fit as the data displayed is ordered. Is it a misuse?

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[saadeghi]

Without any CSS, <ul> shows a list of items with bullets and <ol> shows a list of items with numbers.
Tailwind CSS reset style (preflight) removes the bullets and numbers both, to provide a unstyled look by default.

If we're not going to show visible numbers next to the items, there's no point for using <ol>

[arun-mani-j]

I see, thanks @pdanpdan and @saadeghi!