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I need a few input elements, but their values won't be submitted anywhere - they're just going to be manipulated by some client-side JavaScript. Do I have to place them in a <form> to have legit HTML, or can they just be free-standing?

Claudiu
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  • Possible duplicate of [Is well formed without a ?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3294572/is-input-well-formed-without-a-form) – user247702 Jul 19 '16 at 11:40

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No. You only need a form if you're submitting to a server.

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For additional information, in xhtml strict you have to place in one of these elements: "ins", "del", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "p", "div", "address", "fieldset"

Jaroslav Moravec
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