Posted by Toby A Inkster on 01/23/08 09:43

Zone wrote:

> I have tried to understand why input field is valid outside form tag. I
> seems to work outside form if e.g. input tag is inserted inside div tag.

<input> (and <textarea>, <button>) is an inline element, like <span> or
<em>, so can be used in any context where inline content is allowed, which
is virtually everywhere.

Why? Because otherwise <input> couldn't be contained in, for example, a
paragraph, even if that paragraph was itself within a form,

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http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2008/01/22/css-compile/

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