W3C Validation and ASP.NET ViewState

The problem I came across a very interesting point about validating XHTML pages using W3C XHTML Strict and ViewState.   By default ASP.NET ViewState adds a number of hidden fields to handle the postback of ASP.NET pages, control state and control event validation.  See example below. <input type=”hidden” name=”__VIEWSTATE” id=”__VIEWSTATE” value=””  /> When validating web pages [...]

Tags: ASP.NET, ViewState, W3C, XHTML