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What are all the valid self-closing elements in XHTML (as implemented by the major browsers)?
If you're writing XHTML writing <div class="whatever />
would be perfect and the page will continue to flow normally behind this <div>
while writing iframe
and textarea
like this:
<textarea name="whatever" />
<iframe />
is considered invalid and the tags behind will be ignored as if the browser is waiting for these 2 elements to be closed?
What's the reason for this inconsistency? There must be a particular reason why these 2 particular elements cannot be closed like the <div />
example