Visual Studio uses XHTML tag closing for HTML5 tags

Question

Whenever I type out tags that don\'t require an end tag, Visual Studio adds a forward slash to it, as if they were XHTML.

I think this is unclean and annoying, and I

Answer 1

For Visual Studio 2012, go to Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> HTML -> Formatting and click Tag Specific Options.

Under Default Settings -> Client tag does not support contents, set Closing tag to No closing tag.