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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 3

Isaac Minogue
Isaac Minogue
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Posted by Isaac Minogue
Isaac Minogue
3,543 Points

<img> tag

So, I get that we're adding an <img> tag to $overlay, to hold the href. But no where did we close the tag! Is this standard practice with jQuery syntax? Like does the DOM just automatically add a closing tag when it can't find one? If this was html, it would spit out an error wouldn't it? but it works perfectly fine here. Any pros got an answer for me? :)

1 Answer

Bryan Knight
Bryan Knight
34,215 Points
Bryan Knight
Bryan Knight
34,215 Points

Hi Issac,

Actually, 

<img>

tag is self closing. XHTML could be 

<img...... />

but this is not necessary with HTML.