Ahhh. You and I are using different doc types. A hidden fieldset makes more sense.
And the inline CSS doesn't hurt anything per se, but if you're a control freak about your HTML that's a real eyesore and there's no way in the configuration to do anything about a number of defaults like that. On Mar 26, 4:44 pm, Robert Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > cult hero wrote: > > So, I use a form helper and it works nicely. Then I look at the code > > and I find myself somewhat annoyed: > > > <div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="_method" > > type="hidden" value="put" /><input name="authenticity_token" > > type="hidden" value="xxx" /></div> > > > I obviously have no issue with hidden inputs, but WHY OH WHY are they > > inside a completely unnecessary div with completely unnecessary INLINE > > css? > > Well for one thing, the <div> is not "completely unnecessary." The HTML > will not validate without it (or some other valid element. <input> tags > are now allowed to be direct children of <form> tags. > > Output from W3C HTML validator: > --- > Line 11, Column 52: document type does not allow element "input" here; > missing one of "ins", "del", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "p", > "div", "address", "fieldset" start-tag > <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="put"> > ✉ > The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which > you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that > are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might > mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've > forgotten to close a previous element. > > One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a > block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline > element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "<font>"). > --- > > As for the inline style, I'm not sure if all that is necessary, but I'd > venture to guess that Rails might be using some shared code in order to > be more reusable. Having the extra styles doesn't really hurt anything > anyway AFAIK. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
