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There must be a particular reason why these 2 particular elements cannot be closed like the <code><div /></code> example</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/iframe" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'iframe'" rel="tag">iframe</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/xhtml" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'xhtml'" rel="tag">xhtml</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/coding-style" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'coding-style'" rel="tag">coding-style</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited May 23 '17 at 12:04">edited May 23 '17 at 12:04</time> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/-1.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Community" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-user-card--link">Community</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Dec 30 '12 at 13:03">asked Dec 30 '12 at 13:03</time> <a href="../../users/497828/ahmad-alfy" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/497828.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Ahmad Alfy" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/497828/ahmad-alfy" class="s-user-card--link">Ahmad Alfy</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">13,107</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="6 gold badges">6</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="65 silver badges">65</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="99 bronze badges">99</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="14090963"></a> <div id="answer-14090963" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="14090963" data-ownerid="1570534" data-score="0" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="14090963"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>Because they are not self closing tags. They have to to be closed after they are opened. See this as a reference</p> <p><a href="../../questions/97522/what-are-all-the-valid-self-closing-elements-in-xhtml-as-implemented-by-the-ma">What are all the valid self-closing elements in XHTML (as implemented by the major browsers)?</a></p> <p>Also check as different types of tags here</p> <p><a class="external-link" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html</a> </p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited May 23 '17 at 11:56">edited May 23 '17 at 11:56</time> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/-1.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Community" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-user-card--link">Community</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Dec 30 '12 at 13:07">answered Dec 30 '12 at 13:07</time> <a href="../../users/1570534/hanky-panky" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/1570534.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Hanky Panky" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/1570534/hanky-panky" class="s-user-card--link">Hanky Panky</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">46,730</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="8 gold badges">8</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="72 silver badges">72</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="95 bronze badges">95</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>