HTML Validation

End tag X seen, but there were open elements.

unexpected end tag

About This HTML Issue

Your HTML markup contains an end tag for X, but there are nested open elements that need to be closed first. For example, <li>example</li> is invalid because you need to close the  tag before you close the <li>. This would be valid: <li>example</li>.

Last reviewed: September 02, 2024

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Related W3C Validator Issues (3)

End tag “li” seen, but there were open elements.

A closing tag </li> has been found, but there were open elements nested inside the <li>. You need to close the nested elements before you close the <li>.

For example:

<li>
  <span>example
</li>

The above is invalid because you need to close the  tag before you close the <li>.

This would be valid:

<li>
  <span>example</span>
</li>

No “p” element in scope but a “p” end tag seen.

An end tag  has been found that cannot be matched for an opening tag . Most of the times this is due to closing the same tag twice, for example:

<p>some text</p></p>

No “X” element in scope but a “X” end tag seen.

unexpected end tag

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