Comments on: Input Tags In Forms Not Valid XHTML

By: inspiraller

inspiraller — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:07:14 +0000

Unfortunately to validate as xhtml strict the input must actually be inside a fieldset tag.

To validated AAA it the fieldset must have a legend tag, and all un hidden inputs should have labels.

By: Naveen P Suthar

Naveen P Suthar — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:10:50 +0000

Sorry the was not printed…. its

By: Naveen P Suthar

Naveen P Suthar — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:13:46 +0000

Yeah, that’s right. We need to put the input type=hidden block in a like below… to make the code xHtml validate.

By: Clint Pachl

Clint Pachl — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:22:45 +0000

Instead of using …, why not use the simpler …? It makes the arguments above that are agaisnt fieldset hack, void.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:44:45 +0000

I use Strict XHTML in my doctype, as I feel it renders more accurately in all browsers. Coupled with Yahoo’s reset CSS, it makes my job much easier when it comes time to QA. As for input tags not validating inside of a form tag, a sound reason I can think of for that is you may not always use input tags within a form. If I want to place a button on my site, I will use input type=button and use CSS to style it. Works for me, and keeps it accessible if the CSS or images are not loaded.

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Two things I just learned about XHTML - Chausse.org — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:24:59 +0000

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By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:23:11 +0000

Actually, I think you need a legend element under fieldset if you want your page to be valid.

By: phil w

phil w — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:05:04 +0000

Strict is useful: it indentifies more errors in your markup. Browsers are a poor way to find broken markup.

The catch is that some validation errors are kind of annoying, at least to those of us who need/ have to use non-valid markup sometimes. There are ways around that, but it’s not a big hassle, so I use “strict” and live with it.

By: David Rodger

David Rodger — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:48:23 +0000

I think the page you intended to link to was this:
http://www.december.com/html/x1/element/form.html
It has the XHTML Strict definition, and it does not list input as a valid content for form.