html - Creating a <br /> with javascript createElement?

Question

I need to create a <br /> tag dynamically with javascript.

var br = document.createElement('br');

And

var br = document.createElement('<br />');

doesn't work

The first option urrently creates a <br> tag on the page which doesn't pass XHTML standards, is there anyway around this?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4654265/creating-a-br-with-javascript-createelement

Answer 1

The first method does not need to pass XHTML standards - you're confusing markup with manipulating the DOM.