Re: <br /> in HTML allowed ?

• From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:38:11 +0100
• To: xanthor@netcourrier.com
• Cc: www-validator@w3.org
• Message-ID: <404b3a2b.377219052@smtp.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>

* xanthor@netcourrier.com wrote:
>I thougth that <br /> weren't allowed in HTML : it's said in the specs (http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/text.html#edef-BR) that the empty tag is forbidden.
>But the validator accept it (And mozilla keeps in "Standards compliance mode")
>So, are <br /> accepted in HTML 4.01 ?

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes#h-B.3.7 it just means <br>&gt;
in HTML 4...

Received on Wednesday, 21 January 2004 03:38:59 UTC