But we already do that. Part of Wicket as framework is to shield you from browser inconsistencies and this is one of them.
-Matej On 11/2/07, Philip A. Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed. I understood from previous threads that it was not a developer > error, but a firefox error. If we start going down this path, it is > likely to get slippery indeed. I'd rather not see wicket modify markup > any more than absolutely required. Are we going to "fix" code that > breaks on all browsers? > > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 20:14 +0100, Erik van Oosten wrote: > > It does not matter who is making the error, John is still right imho. > > > > Regards, > > Erik. > > > > > > Matej Knopp wrote: > > > Okay. Again. This is not about developer making error! > > > > > > Code like this: > > > <div/> > > > Something > > > > > > Is perfectly legal. However, firefox interprets it as > > > <div> > > > Something > > > ... > > > Which is completely wrong. This is not correcting developer error! > > > This is correcting browser error. And such thing is very difficult to > > > spot. > > > > > > -Matej > > > > > > On 11/2/07, Philip A. Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I agree with this stance. > > >> > > >> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 09:19 -0600, John Ray wrote: > > >> > > >>> I got bit by this problem yesterday. Although I was just previewing the > > >>> page in the browser by loading the HTML file directly. Since Wicket > > >>> wasn't running it wouldn't have mattered if it fixed my div tag for me > > >>> or not. > > >>> > > >>> I'd rather see Wicket not modify the HTML as it's then starting down the > > >>> slippery slope of assuming the developer made an error and automatically > > >>> correcting it. I think a better solution would be to have an option > > >>> where Wicket looks for potential errors in your HTML and then outputs a > > >>> warning to the console. > > >>> > > >>> John > > >>> > > > -- > Philip A. Chapman > > Desktop and Web Application Development: > Java, .NET, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL > Linux, Windows 2000, Windows XP > > >
