Re: Question regarding W3C validator and ASP.NET

Ok, here's some example output given the 3 possible xhtml conformance
modes offered by asp.net

 

<xhtmlConformance mode="Legacy"/>

<body>

    <form name="form1" method="post" action="default.aspx" id="form1">

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE"
value="/wEPDwUJNzgzNDMwNTMzZGSXoVqQ0i3LT5svrbSOWojE+R7IzA==" />

 

    <div>

    

    </div>

    </form>

</body>

 

<xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional"/> 

<body>

    <form name="form1" method="post" action="default.aspx" id="form1">

<div>

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE"
value="/wEPDwUJNzgzNDMwNTMzZGSXoVqQ0i3LT5svrbSOWojE+R7IzA==" />

</div>

 

    <div>

    

    </div>

    </form>

</body>

 

<xhtmlConformance mode="Strict"/>

<body>

    <form method="post" action="default.aspx" id="form1">

<div>

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE"
value="/wEPDwUJNzgzNDMwNTMzZGSXoVqQ0i3LT5svrbSOWojE+R7IzA==" />

</div>

 

    <div>

    

    </div>

    </form>

</body>

 

You'll notice that in both transitional and strict modes, the viewstate
field gets wrapped in a div. Running each of these through the w3c
validator shows that this does in fact solve the validation error
regarding the underscore character in the id attribute, but if the rule
says 'id's can't start with an underscore I don't understand how the
extra div helps; the input id still starts with an underscore!

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