RE: Bug Report

Arne Strauss wrote:

> Someone gave me a HTML file with some correct <input> tags in it. Netscape
> did not display the input controls. tidy.exe did not report anything's
> wrong. Then I noticed that the input controls are not embraced by <form>
> tags!
>
> Shouldn't tidy warn about "lonely" <input> tags?

No, the problem is Netscape versions 4.x and prior.  If you look at the
[x]XHTML DTDs, you'll see that INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA, LABEL, and BUTTON
can appear inline and do not have to be in a FORM.  Internet Explorer,
Opera, and Netscape 6 preview get it right.


/Jelks

Received on Wednesday, 11 October 2000 23:24:22 UTC