empty tags

[Christophe Verré]

I've just figured out that empty tags are not working when playing with DOM.
For example :
<div .... />
<input...>

With the DOM inspector, I've realized that input was inside div !!
Instead, I had to write :
<div .... ></div>
<input...>

Why is this so ? Do I have to set something to be able to use empty tags ?

[David O'Meara]

Did you put a space before the slash? It is required in some browsers
ie <do this /> <not this/>

[Christophe Verré]

No I did not put any space.

[David O'Meara]

have you tried it with a space?

[Eric Pascarello]

because a div is not supposed to be an empty tag.

Eric

[Eric Pascarello]

validate the code on the w3 validator.

Eric

[Bear Bibeault]

According to a strict XML interpretation, <div/> should mean the same thing as <div></div>.

But the browsers are notorious for following their own rules.

Bottom line, use <div></div>.

P.S. Don't try that with the script tag either.
[ September 01, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Christophe Verré]

Thank you all. From now on, I'll avoid using empty tags.

P.S. Don't try that with the script tag either.

Actually, that's also why I asked I've wasted half an hour trying to figure out why my script was not being called