Question

How is this for weird…

In the browser:

New Issue

>
Description:    Raised by:    Raised:

In Firebug:

<p class="normal">
    <a href="/issues/new">New Issue</a>
</p>
&gt;
<table class="show">
 <tr class="table-headings">
  <td>Description:</td>
  <td>Raised by:</td>
  <td>Raised:</td>

 </tr>

In the source HTML:

<p class="normal">
    <a href="/issues/new">New Issue</a>
</p>
<table class="show">
 <tr class="table-headings">
  <td>Description:</td>
  <td>Raised by:</td>
  <td>Raised:</td>
 </tr>

In the Rails view:

<p class="normal">
 <%= link_to 'New Issue', new_issue_path %>
</p>
<table class="show">
 <tr class="table-headings">
  <td>Description:</td>
  <td>Raised by:</td>
  <td>Raised:</td>
 </tr>

Where does the ‘greater than’ (>) character in Firebug and in the browser view come from? It’s nowhere in my code!

Answer 1

Somewhere in your table you have an additional > – any content that is in a table but not inside a <th> or <td> generally gets hoisted up above the rest of the table content.

Paste the rest of the table HTML from a “View Source” (not from Firebug) and we’ll help you spot it