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ROSEMARY SMITH
1,041 Points<div id="wrapper">
Hi, Why don't I have to update the closing </div> to the new name "wrapper"
3 Answers
Guy Noda-Bailey
18,837 PointsHey there Rosemary,
The web browsers keep track of which div you will be closing when you close a div with the </div> closing tag.
Because of the way html elements have to be 'nested' there is no ambiguity about which element you are closing, ie if you have to close all elements inside an element before closing the element.
Sometimes when I found it difficult to keep track of which element was inside of which I would comment the closing tags to help me keep track.
<div id="mainDiv">
<div id="innerDiv">
</div> <!-- closing innerDiv -->
</div> <!-- closing mainDiv -->
but the browser doesn't need this to keep track.
ROSEMARY SMITH
1,041 PointsWhat can those browsers not do! Thanks so much for your answer and for your solution for keeping track. Appreciate it, so fast too!
Guy Noda-Bailey
18,837 PointsBrowsers are so much smarter than us (in some ways).
Glad I could help.
Guy Noda-Bailey
18,837 PointsIf you want a rant about what those browsers cannot do, just ask a web developer how much they love Internet Explorer. :)
ROSEMARY SMITH
1,041 PointsVery good! : )