RE: html tidy

• From: Jelks Cabaniss <jelks@jelks.nu>
• Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:01:26 -0500
• To: <html-tidy@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <NBBBICMNIPCICMKJECCBGELODHAA.jelks@jelks.nu>

> Another reason is that you can use style sheets to style the empty
> element. One of the reasons I won't let Tidy loose on the
> RichInStyle.com test suite (http://richinstyle.com/test) is that it
> takes exception to things like <div style="background: red; height:
> 100px; width: 100px; border: solid; float: left">, dropping them and
> making the test page useless.

Yes.  There should be a way of saying "leave empty elements alone, period".  It
probably ought to even be the default.


/Jelks

Received on Tuesday, 28 March 2000 20:02:31 UTC