Are empty divs bad?

Question

I\'m making a website in Aptana and i\'m using an empty div element for the styling of a border-bottom.

I couldn\'t make it part of the element it\'s a border of be

Answer 1

No, Its not bad to use it like this. But you can avoid this using psudeo content like,

.showinfo:after{
content: "";
display: block;
/*
 this will be the style for your div after
 but dont forget to specifiy the width and height and act like its a new div
 */
}