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I'm learning ASP.NET Web Forms and I'm wondering if it's possible to prevent self closing tags when the html code is generated. For instance, if I create an input element, it will self close. How can I prevent this?

Here is the code I'm referring to:

<asp:TextBox id="txt1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

Thank you!

Edit: I recently installed Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate and this is what I found:

  • Tools > Options > Text Editor > HTML > Advanced > XHTML coding style
    • change from True to False

And then:

  • Tools > Options > Text Editor > HTML (Web Forms) > Formatting > Tag Specific Options > Default Settings > Client tag does not support contents > Closing tag
    • change from Self-closing tag to No closing tag

However, <asp:TextBox runat="server"></asp:TextBox> still gives me <input type="text" /> in the compiled HTML5 code. The result I want is <input type="text">.

So if anyone knows how to accomplish this, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

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  • 1) Why? Self-closing tags are perfectly valid tags 2) You can write any kind of tag you want in the aspx file. Are you referring to some control-generated tags? Did you check the various templated controls? Some actual code would help Commented Jan 21, 2014 at 10:20
  • 1. Because I write my html5 code without self closing tags and I don't want any. 2. I've edited the op. Thanks! Commented Jan 21, 2014 at 10:27

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Follow this link. Surely want you need is to

  1. Tools
  2. Options
  3. Text Editor
  4. HTML
  5. Formatting
  6. Uncheck the box for Auto insert close tag
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If you are using Visual Studio 2010, you can go to :

Tools > Options > Text Editor > HTML > Formatting > Tag Specific Options

In here you can change the Default Setting of Client and Server tags to be Seperate / Self-Closing.

You can also change it for specific elements, i.e. <img> tags by Finding the img item under Client HTML Tags

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Thank you! I don't have access to VS right now, but this seems to be it.
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If you are using Visual Studio 2015, you can go to :

Tools > Options > Text Editor > HTML > Advanced > XHTML Coding Style - False

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