In JSX, elements must be closed, even if they don’t have any content inside. This is to ensure that the code remains valid and consistent.
Self-closing tags: For elements that don’t have any content, you should use self-closing tags. In JSX, self-closing tags are written with a slash /
before the closing angle bracket >
. Here’s an example:
import React from 'react';
function MyComponent() {
return (
<div>
<input type="text" />
<img src="image.jpg" alt="Image" />
<br />
</div>
);
}
In this example, the <input>
and <img>
elements are self-closed with the /
before the closing angle bracket. The <br>
element, which is an empty line break, is also self-closed.
Closing tags for elements with content: For elements that have content, you need to include both the opening and closing tags. Here’s an example:
import React from 'react';
function MyComponent() {
return (
<div>
<h1>Hello, JSX!</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</div>
);
}
In this example, the <h1>
and <p>
elements have opening and closing tags to enclose their respective content.
Remember to always close JSX elements, either with self-closing tags or with both opening and closing tags, based on whether they have content or not.