>I have a stylesheet with <textarea> and <div> tags, when they are >empty, xalan outputs <textarea/> and <div/> instead >of <textarea></textarea> and <div></div>, which Internet Explorer >doesn't correctly interpret....Is it because xalan doesn't know >about IE's bug on <textarea/> and <div/>, so it thinks it >can safely output that?
Generally, Xalan doesn't know about any browser-specific issues. Do people want separate serializers for every version of every browser? Can the problem be worked around by sticking a space or comment into the element? That would force separate start and end tags. <div><!-- IE has a bug --></div> If that sort of workaround is not available, then file a bug report in Bugzilla, so we at least have it tracked. If you file a report, state as much as you can about the versions of IE that have the bug, and cite their bug identifier if known. .................David Marston
