tags removed from source code

>> twiggy182 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> for some reasons, with the "Web Developper bar" in Firefox, I
>>> discovered that there are differences between the "Source code" and
>>> the "Generated source code" in my application.
>>> The main difference is that all my "</option>" tags are missing in the
>>> "Source code". Because of that, the "<optgroup>" tag isn't recognized
>>> at all in IE ( "</option>" tags are also missing in IE when I view the
>>> source code ).
>> Because you have made an error in your markup somewhere. Closing tags
>> for OPTION is optional in HTML and works in FF & IE.
>> Are you using XHTML? So the correct course of action is to supply a URL
>> to an online example that exhibits the problem.
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>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I know that closing tags for OPTION is optional, but it actually has
> an important impact if you use OPTGROUP!
>
> Have a look at this:
> <option value="0">Please make your choice
> <option value="1">A
> <option value="2">B
> <option value="3">C
> <option value="4">D
>
> Because the first option (which is at the root level) has no closing
> tab, all OPTGROUP are ignored because it's as if they where within the
> first OPTION (or something like that). Actually, I have this problem
> only with IE6 but I can't ignore it...The only workaround I see is to
> put the first option in a dummy group, but I don't like that very
> much...

IE6 shows option group when using closing </option> tag, else behaves

>
> I can't provide a URL because it is within a protected application,
> and the page is very long...

>
> Ok, so is there an analyzer I could throw my HTML code in to know what
> is wrong with it, an why closing tags are removed?

>> twiggy182 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> for some reasons, with the "Web Developper bar" in Firefox, I
>>> discovered that there are differences between the "Source code" and
>>> the "Generated source code" in my application.
>>> The main difference is that all my "</option>" tags are missing in the
>>> "Source code". Because of that, the "<optgroup>" tag isn't recognized
>>> at all in IE ( "</option>" tags are also missing in IE when I view the
>>> source code ).
>> Because you have made an error in your markup somewhere. Closing tags
>> for OPTION is optional in HTML and works in FF & IE.
>> Are you using XHTML? So the correct course of action is to supply a URL
>> to an online example that exhibits the problem.
>> --
>> Take care,
>> Jonathan
>> -------------------
>> LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I know that closing tags for OPTION is optional, but it actually has
> an important impact if you use OPTGROUP!
>
> Have a look at this:
> <option value="0">Please make your choice
> <option value="1">A
> <option value="2">B
> <option value="3">C
> <option value="4">D
>
> Because the first option (which is at the root level) has no closing
> tab, all OPTGROUP are ignored because it's as if they where within the
> first OPTION (or something like that).

> Actually, I have this problem
> only with IE6 but I can't ignore it...The only workaround I see is to
> put the first option in a dummy group, but I don't like that very
> much...

> twiggy182 wrote:
>>> twiggy182 wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> for some reasons, with the "Web Developper bar" in Firefox, I
>>>> discovered that there are differences between the "Source code" and
>>>> the "Generated source code" in my application.
>>>> The main difference is that all my "</option>" tags are missing in the
>>>> "Source code". Because of that, the "<optgroup>" tag isn't recognized
>>>> at all in IE ( "</option>" tags are also missing in IE when I view the
>>>> source code ).
>>> Because you have made an error in your markup somewhere. Closing tags
>>> for OPTION is optional in HTML and works in FF & IE.
>>> Are you using XHTML? So the correct course of action is to supply a URL
>>> to an online example that exhibits the problem.
>>> --
>>> Take care,
>>> Jonathan
>>> -------------------
>>> LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
>> Hi Jonathan,
>> I know that closing tags for OPTION is optional, but it actually has
>> an important impact if you use OPTGROUP!
>> Have a look at this:
>> <option value="0">Please make your choice
>> <option value="1">A
>> <option value="2">B
>> <option value="3">C
>> <option value="4">D
>> Because the first option (which is at the root level) has no closing
>> tab, all OPTGROUP are ignored because it's as if they where within the
>> first OPTION (or something like that).
>
> It shouldn't work like that, because the browser is supposed to know
> that an option can't contain an optgroup.

> That's not actually the determining factor here--it's that the browser
> can't form a proper DOM if elements intersect, and the solution to that
> is generally to close the still-open element.

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<p>Another paragraph ...

>
> The problem is IE6 gets it wrong when it does not see the optional
> closing tag. It is not correct behavior, but it is easy to fix (for IE6)
> by insuring that the close tag is present.