The Depths of the Input Element

Re:The Depths of the Input Element by extra88 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @08:07AM (#38611639)

They're referring to the use of the trailing slash in examples like this: <input type="text" inputmode="numeric" />

Such slashes were mandatory in XHTML for such elements but aren't a thing in HTML. They're also not invalid, the HTML validator says "Info: Trailing slash on void elements has no effect and interacts badly with unquoted attribute values."

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Re:The Depths of the Input Element by couchand on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @09:02AM (#38612172)

The trailing slash itself is not invalid, per se, but it'a very hard for any following markup to be valid unless the element is void.

A particularly nasty one is any attempt to use a supposedly self-closing script tag:

    <script src="..." />

This results in the rest of your page being interpreted as code. Oops!

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