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I've just figured out that empty tags are not working when playing with DOM.
For example :
<div .... />
<input...>

With the DOM inspector, I've realized that input was inside div !!
Instead, I had to write :
<div .... ></div>
<input...>

Why is this so ? Do I have to set something to be able to use empty tags ?
 
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Did you put a space before the slash? It is required in some browsers
ie <do this /> <not this/>
 
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No I did not put any space.
 
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have you tried it with a space?
 
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because a div is not supposed to be an empty tag.

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validate the code on the w3 validator.

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According to a strict XML interpretation, <div/> should mean the same thing as <div></div>.

But the browsers are notorious for following their own rules.

Bottom line, use <div></div>.

P.S. Don't try that with the script tag either.
[ September 01, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
 
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Thank you all. From now on, I'll avoid using empty tags.

P.S. Don't try that with the script tag either.


Actually, that's also why I asked I've wasted half an hour trying to figure out why my script was not being called
 
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