On Aug 18, 1:33 pm, Nick Fitzsimons <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/8/18 ColinFine <[email protected]>:
>
> > Incidentally, whatever is generating that <p/> should have its wrist
> > slapped. <p/> is not valid in HTML or XHTML.
>
> That's how Firebug shows an empty paragraph. Remember, Firebug's HTML
> view isn't showing the raw source code; it's showing a representation
> of the DOM structure held internally by the browser. If an element is
> empty, it makes sense for Firebug to just display it using XML empty
> element syntax, rather than faffing about trying to determine if it
> has an empty content model according to the DTD (e.g. "br") or not
> (e.g. "p").
>
Thanks, I didn't know that.
But I would prefer it if Firebug generated valid (X)HTML. <p/> is
valid in neither.
"All elements other than those declared in the DTD as EMPTY must have
an end tag. Elements that are declared in the DTD as EMPTY can have
an end tag or can use empty element shorthand" (http://www.w3.org/TR/
2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/#h-4.3)
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Firebug" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
