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HTML

Posted by Jonathan Kuhl
Jonathan Kuhl
26,133 Points

Isn't it best practice to close an img tag? Ex: <img src="url" />?

This isn't my first HTML tutorial, but it's one of the more indepth ones I've come across and I'm still new enough that I need to start from the beginning. However, I've learned in other tutorials that an image tag should be closed, like <img src="url" />

I'm just asking for clarification, if we should be closing these tags or not.

2 Answers

Joachim Larsen
Joachim Larsen
12,140 Points

Hi!

You don't have to close the <img> tag in HTML, because it doesn't have any content (the image is only referenced in the tag's attributes). They are called empty elements, just like the <br> tag.

I believe the ' />' syntax comes from the more strict XHTML markup language: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_xhtml.asp

Jonathan Kuhl
Jonathan Kuhl
26,133 Points
Jonathan Kuhl
Jonathan Kuhl
26,133 Points

Alright, thanks for the clarification.