jQuery always render <br> instead of <br/>

jQuery always render <br> instead of <br/>

Hi,

is there a way, switch, option etc. to let jQuery create <br/> instead of <br>?

The following code will always create <br>:

  1. $('<div class="partner-item-data-short"><strong>' + data.partner[x].name1 + '</strong><br />' +
  2.     (data.partner[x].zip.length ? data.partner[x].zip + ' ' + data.partner[x].city + '<br />' : '') +
  3.     '</div>'
  4. ).appendTo(pi);

Anyone got into this too? I would like to got valid xhtml 1.1 code :-)

tia