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biztos on Aug 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: A few HTML tips

Yes but shouldn't a <span> also always have content? Am I missing something here?

sophiebits on Aug 25, 2016 [–]

There's nothing that requires it to have content, no. Absent other styles, an empty <span> would be invisible and have no effect though.

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