9913 2010-06-11 12:43:46 +0000 document type does not allow element "input" here - false positive 2010-06-11 13:24:43 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check HEAD All All RESOLVED INVALID http://www.forsaken-mu.com P2 normal --- 1 ghelyar dave.null www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 36110 0 ghelyar 2010-06-11 12:43:46 +0000 In an ASP.NET site, the form is automatically generated and an input tag is used to store the viewstate. It is valid XHTML and has passed validation in the past but recently the validator is claiming that it is invalid. The suggestion/description says missing one of "ins", "del", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "p", "div", "address", "fieldset" start-tag It gives the error on the <input> line. However, the following input tag is clearly inside a "div" tag. ... <body> <form id="aspnetForm" method="post" action="/Default.aspx"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wE...gK" /> </div> ... This is likely affecting all asp.net websites on the web, at least. 36111 1 ghelyar 2010-06-11 12:45:59 +0000 This is on XHTML 1.1 and 1.0 Strict. 36112 2 ghelyar 2010-06-11 12:57:41 +0000 If I copy the source from Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome and validate by direct input, they all pass. 36113 3 ghelyar 2010-06-11 13:16:19 +0000 This seems to be something to do with asp.net only serving the <div>s to certain User-Agents