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HTML without “self-closing” tags

There's some way to cut the html tags with self-closing slash like <br/> and transform it to <br> so you can view on the source view the code without the slash?

Some DOM Jquery implementation?

I'm working on .NET if this can be help as a tip.

This is the real problem: NET-enabling start-tag requires SHORTTAG YES

Solution

  • In your other question, DaveB's answer points to a browser capabilities file. In that file the tagWriter is set toSystem.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter.

    I haven't tested this, but you may be able to sub-class System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter and initialse the value of the SelfClosingTagEnd field so that its value is > instead of />.

    Put the name of the new class in the tagWriter setting of your browser capabilities file and try that.