By default, a new ASPX page contains the following:
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
I'm curious--is there any reason I should leave that div tag in?
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To put things in it? It's not necessary, but it prevents you from having to create a div tag when starting out your web layout.
TheTXI
2009-05-29 17:11:25
It also might go back to the days when they wanted developing web sites to be like windows forms. Where you would *shudders* drag and drop the controls on a page.
David Basarab
2009-05-29 17:44:48
@Longhorn213 - that would be my suspicion as I know of people who still drag and drop their interface then position everything absolutely.
Rob Allen
2009-05-31 13:42:22
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Why? Because said DIV is part of the template. No, it doesn't matter and you can feel free to get rid of it.
Wyatt Barnett
2009-05-29 17:11:31
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There's no real point, but I don't think it's standards-compliant to write text straight after a <form> tag, but it would be inside a <div>. Feel free to delete it though.
Graham Clark
2009-05-29 17:13:00
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Maybe they are subtly encouraging designers to shed the <TABLE> mentality and move to <DIV>s. ;-)
Cerebrus
2009-05-29 17:16:39
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If you don't like it, you can always edit the default template to remove them permanently:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Web\WebNewFileItems\CSharp\WebForm.aspx
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Web\WebNewFileItems\VB\WebForm.aspx
Just remove the <div> </div> tags from the relevant one of these for your projects.
Zhaph - Ben Duguid
2009-05-29 22:12:44