end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

[Kurda Yon]

Hi,

I try to validate an html document (strict). And I have the following
error:
end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

It is strange, because I do open the input element:
This is the problematic line:
<div><input type="submit" value="Cancel"></input></div>

Could anybody help me with that?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Kurda Yon]

Hi,

I try to validate an html document (strict). And I have the following
error:
end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

It is strange, because I do open the input element:
This is the problematic line:
<div><input type="submit" value="Cancel"></input></div>

Could anybody help me with that?

Thank you in advance.

That is strange. I have realized that I have to replace
<input type="submit" value="Cancel"></input>
by
<input type="submit" value="Cancel"/>.

Now the validator does not complain. However, it writes me warnings:
The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different
ways, depending on the DOCTYPE of the document. For HTML 4.01 Strict,
the '/' terminates the tag <FOO (with an implied '>'). However, since
many browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the presence of an
HTML 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure
HTML documents and reserve its use solely for those written in XHTML.

So, it looks like the validator forced me to write my code in a
special way and after I did it, the validator tells me that it is not
a good idea to write the code in this way...

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

Hi,

I try to validate an html document (strict). And I have the following
error:
end tag for element "INPUT" which is not open

It is strange, because I do open the input element:
This is the problematic line:
<div><input type="submit" value="Cancel"></input></div>

Could anybody help me with that?

Thank you in advance.

Because in HTML 4.01 INPUT does not have a closing tag.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#edef-INPUT

<div><input type="submit" value="Cancel"></div>

 

[Harlan Messinger]

That is strange. I have realized that I have to replace
<input type="submit" value="Cancel"></input>
by
<input type="submit" value="Cancel"/>.

Now the validator does not complain. However, it writes me warnings:
The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different
ways, depending on the DOCTYPE of the document. For HTML 4.01 Strict,
the '/' terminates the tag <FOO (with an implied '>'). However, since
many browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the presence of an
HTML 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure
HTML documents and reserve its use solely for those written in XHTML.

So, it looks like the validator forced me to write my code in a
special way and after I did it, the validator tells me that it is not
a good idea to write the code in this way...

If your document was being treated as HTML 4.01 strict, the validator
would never tell you to use <input ... />. If your document is being
treated as XHTML, then the validator would tell you you *have* to have
the slash (or an explicit end tag, </input>), and it would not complain
when you do so.