<br />

[ahlala]

Hello,

Why are there sometimes tags written like this:

<br />

instead of the normal:

<br>

What is the reason of the extra "/" ?

Thank you.

[ahlala]

Re: &lt;br /&gt;

brucie wrote:
[color=blue]
> Empty elements must either have an end tag or the start tag must end
> with />.[/color]

Thank you!

[brucie]

Re: &lt;br /&gt;

in post <news:3fd67763$ 0$5483$ba620e4c @reader3.news.s kynet.be>
ahlala said:
[color=blue]
> Why are there sometimes tags written like this:
> <br />[/color]

XHTML

<quote>
Empty elements must either have an end tag or the start tag must end
with />. For instance, <br/> or <hr></hr>. See HTML Compatibility
Guidelines for information on ways to ensure this is backward compatible
with HTML 4 user agents.
</quote> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.6

--
brucie
10/December/2003 11:31:46 am kilo

[Anne van Kesteren]

Re: &lt;br /&gt;

ahlala wrote:[color=blue]
> brucie wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Empty elements must either have an end tag or the start tag must end
>>with />.[/color]
>
>
> Thank you!
>[/color]
That is only in XHTML! For HTML is it perfectly valid to have <br>

--
Anne van Kesteren
<http://www.annevankest eren.nl/>

[CJM]

Re: &lt;br /&gt;

Anne,

If you check Brucie's post again, you'll see he does explicitly mention
XHTML.

CJM