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Why are the hidden form elements put into a div with style display: none ?

April 26, 2017display div elements form hidden style

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Why are the hidden form elements put into a div with style display: none ?

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This might sound funny because a hidden element is obviously already hidden, but the simple reason for this is the XHTML validity. XHTML allows input elements only within block elements. And as form is not a block element, but div is a block element, this trick is used to make the output XHTML valid.