2880 2006-02-15 10:30:59 +0000 Incorrectly finds errors inside Javascript string constants 2006-02-15 11:45:41 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check 0.7.1 PC Windows XP RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 normal --- 1 mdaly link www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 8268 0 mdaly 2006-02-15 10:30:59 +0000 If a web page contains JavaScript in which a string conatins Html like text, then errors can be incorrectly highlighted. Mainly seems to be strings shaped like closing tags which cause the error. For exapmle, if you validate the Html listed below, the validator reports: Error Line 7 column 43: end tag for element "H2" which is not open But that tag is simply part of a string constant and is not html. Its certainly not invlaid. I have done this both through file upload and direct input here is the page to try: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Test Validator</title> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> var aStringVariable = "<h2>just testing</h2>"; </script> </head> <body> No content, just testing validator </body> </html> 8272 1 mdaly 2006-02-15 11:45:41 +0000 Sorry, found details excusing the problem in the faq. It still seems wrong to me though...