input tags misformatted

[jaddle]

I tried creating a form in a page - but the formatting is not working properly.

When I enter, for example:

Your name: <input name="submittername" type="text"/><br />
Your E-mail address: <input name="submitteremail" type="text" />

wordpress then modifies it to look like this when you view the page:

name:<br />
<input name="submittername" type="text"/>
Your E-mail address:<br />
<input name="submitteremail" type="text" />

It's putting in a br tag before each input tag, and not putting them in where I actually made line breaks.

Note that the code is not actually being altered - if I edit it again, I see the original code I wrote. It's just when it's rendered for viewing the page that I get the modified version.

Also, I'm not using the visual editor at all - it's disabled in my profile - so I don't imagine it could be at fault here.

[Otto42]

For some reason, "input" is part of the $allblocks list in wpautop() in formatting.php... Which is odd, because input is an inline element, not a block element. I think that input should be removed from that list.

[hakre]

Take a look here as well:
​http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4716

This seems to be related to this Issue in some kind and gives an additional insight in <br/> and form element related issues. (WP 2.2.2)

[Otto42]

hakre: No, this is unrelated to #4716.

[hakre]

But it might cause the Problem I was reporting there as well. I have now removed INPUT from that list and now this turns out very well in my reported problem.

<hr> should be removed there as well as <select> and <style>. additionally it would make sense to sort this alphabetically for a better overview.

I made a patch against current svn.

[hakre]

(x)html-block-elements-name cleanup and sort

[azaozz]

Forms are best added in custom templates, not in the Post area. Templates can include any html, php, js, etc. and are much better suited for this.