Bug 456 – <div/> gives an HTML4-only error

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Bug 456 - <div/> gives an HTML4-only error


Summary:	<div/> gives an HTML4-only error

Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	HTML parser
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

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Reported:	2009-03-13 10:56 CET by Simon Pieters
Modified:	2015-04-01 09:20 CEST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Simon Pieters 2009-03-13 10:56:15 CET

Try

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<title></title><div/></div>

You get two errors:

Error: The /> syntax on void elements is not allowed. (This is an HTML4-only error.)

Error: Self-closing syntax (/>) used on a non-void HTML element. Ignoring the slash and treating as a start tag.