Is it expected that jQuery $('span').html() turns XHTML br tag to html syntax?

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If I have a span tag like this: ``` Hi
SecondLine ``` And I call this jQuery function: ``` var html = $('span').html(); ``` html is set to: ``` Hi
SecondLine ``` Now, I realize the name of the function is html() and not xhtml(). But is this expected behavior? Can I count on it, or do I alway need to check for a xhtml br tag and an html br tag, in say, this example: ``` function br2nl(text) { return text.replace(/
/gi, ' ').replace(/
/gi, ' '); } ```

Accepted Answer

It doesn't. It just modifies the browser DOM.

It is up to the browser to serialise the DOM to HTML or XHTML as it desires when using innerHTML. Different browsers act differently.

Is it expected that jQuery $('span').html() turns XHTML br tag to html syntax?

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