Using XDocument to build XHTML with nested tags

Question

I'd like to use XDocument (or any other similar library) to generate some XHTML. Unfortunately, the nested tags are ending up on the same level, not within one another. Can someone help me with this simple issue?

What I have so far:

var html = new XDocument(
  new XElement("div", new XAttribute("class", "MyTable"),
    new XElement("table",
      new XElement("thead"),
        new XElement("tr"),
          new XElement("th", "Test"))));

This results in the following:

<div class="MyTable">
  <table>
    <thead />
    <tr />
    <th>Test</th>
  </table>
</div>

Here's the layout I would like to achieve:

<div class="MyTable">
  <table>
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Test</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
  </table>
</div>

user1228 · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-09 14:28:59Z

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new XDocument(
  new XElement("div", new XAttribute("class", "MyTable"),
    new XElement("table",
      new XElement("thead",
        new XElement("tr",
          new XElement("th", "Test"))))))

Look at your closey brackets on thead and tr. They shouldn't be closed unless you want the element closed. I simply moved them to the end.

answered Nov 9, 2012 at 14:28

user1228

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Rethic Over a year ago

Thanks. I knew I was doing something silly. I just couldn't find it.

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