Is it appropriate to use [nav] multiple times?

[barkins]

On a website with multiple menus, sub-menues, etc, is it appropriate to use multiple nav tags, or just use it once and for the others use unordered lists?

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[Paulie_D]

Per HTML5Doctor.com

>NAV:

>Represents navigation for a document. The nav element is a section containing links to other documents or to parts within the current document.

>Not all groups of links on a page need to be in a nav element — only **groups of primary navigation links**. In particular, it is common for footers to have a list of links to various key parts of a site, but the footer element is more appropriate in such cases._

[Paulie_D]

Nav can be used multiple times on a page in HTML5.

CAN…yes

SHOULD…probably not.

I’ve always worked in the basis that the NAV tag is only for the **primary** page/site navigations.

If my main (header) navigation area is used for the [nav] then any other menus can be in divs.

[dfogge]

according to the spec it’s not inappropriate to use the nav tag multiple times on a page.

i tend to only use it for the primary site navigation, not inter-page navigation, but that’s just a personal preference.

[barkins]

Understood. Thank you

Here’s a follow up question, wrapping an unordered list with the

tag, or not use an unordered list at all? Or use where appropriate?

[Alen]

For main [navigation I always use](http://codepen.io/anon/pen/noxDb) `ul`.

[croydon86]

Any of the new HTML5 elements can be used multiple times, apart from the new MAIN element, which can only be used once.

I would say main navigation, footer navigation and breadcrumb would be good use cases for the NAV element.

@barkins – I would personally wrap the UL in a NAV if navigation. So NAV>UL>LI

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