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Tomasz Zbieranski
Tomasz Zbieranski
1,812 Points
Posted by Tomasz Zbieranski
Tomasz Zbieranski
1,812 Points

Meta tags don’t have a closing tag

In the quiz new html featuresthere is this question-(Meta tags don’t have a closing tag),maybe Im missing something but I dont remember any explanation in any prior videos about this specific topic,

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It may not have been explicitly pointed out, but in the code examples that were shown it could be seen that "meta" is a "void element" with no closing tag.

You can see more details in the MDN (my favorite reference) page for <meta>.

Tomasz Zbieranski
Tomasz Zbieranski
1,812 Points
Tomasz Zbieranski
Tomasz Zbieranski
1,812 Points

thank you Steven for your answer and quick response, good to have people like you around here,keep doing what you doing,as for me,I really appreciate your help,have a great day and I hope you won`t mind if I bother you from time to time with my questions.