W3C will not validate my menu with <br>

[mark1]

Hi I want to have a line break and indent on a couple of menu items. Easy enough <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;. Problem is I get an error message when validating the page.
Do I have another option? I tried <br /> ang got more errors when validating the page.

Line 67, column 30: document type does not allow element "br" here

aI("text=Education<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Programs;showmenu=education;");

The element named above was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed).

One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML syntax in HTML documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements, this error can create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's "self-closing" tags for "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document may cause the parser to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning of the "body" section (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the reported error).

Thanks
Mark

[BigWebGuy]

you need to escape your / with a \ like below:

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aI("text=Education<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Programs;showmenu=education;"); 

same if you would need to output double quotes:

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aI("text=\"Education<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Programs\";showmenu=education;"); 

[mark1]

Thanks GigWebGuy This gave me quotes in the menu and this error message when validating. I have also tried "li". It works but I get the same error message with the exception "br" is now "li".

Line 67, column 31: document type does not allow element "br" here

aI("text=\"Education<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Programs\";showmenu=educatio

The element named above was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed).

One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML syntax in HTML documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements, this error can create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's "self-closing" tags for "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document may cause the parser to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning of the "body" section (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the reported error).

[John]

It's not your code (obviously). It's simply that the checker does not understand the syntax of the aI statement, which, not being XHTML, gets flagged (in this case because the <br /> is "out of place").

[mark1]

Thanks John

Well it works as coded so leave well enough alone

Don't fix it if it ain't broke

Thanks for everyone's help and the great menu system.

Mark

[John]

You're welcome, Mark.

I've run into the same problem. If you're not getting validation errors anywhere else in your code you know you're 'clean'.

[kevin3442]

What doctype are you using? Would it be because <br> is depreciated for your particular doctype?

Did you try just a plain ol <br> without the slash?

Random thoughts...

Kevin