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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Katsumi Suno
Katsumi Suno
4,194 Points

Spaces between attributes and "=" invalid?

I prefer to make spaces between property/attributes/... and the "=" for aesthetic reasons but the code challenge did not let me go on with those spaces.

So my question is: are spaces around "=" invalid in HTML?

Example:

meta charset = "utf-8"

2 Answers

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Interesting question Katsumi Suno. I can't seem to find anything specific in the HTML 5.1 Specification that would suggest this is invalid and in fact the W3C Validator seems to be fine with spaces. That being said it's fairly uncommon to see spaces used in this way.

Maybe Nick Pettit can comment on to if this is something we need to look into with regards to code challenges?

Katsumi Suno
Katsumi Suno
4,194 Points
Katsumi Suno
Katsumi Suno
4,194 Points

I just find it easier to distinguish the different elements. To me, it looked kinda strange to push attribute, equal sign and value to one piece of text/code. I like it when it "breathes" ;)

Anyway, just as you checked the specifications, I found out that it works with spaces within the Workspace but not in the code challenge...

Katsumi Suno
Katsumi Suno
4,194 Points

Sorry, the above post should've been a comment :( I'm new to this form of forum...