diff --git a/fastcore/_modidx.py b/fastcore/_modidx.py
index 9d2cf843..ab96eb72 100644
--- a/fastcore/_modidx.py
+++ b/fastcore/_modidx.py
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@
                               'fastcore.xml.XT.attrs': ('xml.html#xt.attrs', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml.XT.children': ('xml.html#xt.children', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml.XT.tag': ('xml.html#xt.tag', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
+                              'fastcore.xml.__getattr__': ('xml.html#__getattr__', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml._attrmap': ('xml.html#_attrmap', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml._escape': ('xml.html#_escape', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
                               'fastcore.xml._to_attr': ('xml.html#_to_attr', 'fastcore/xml.py'),
diff --git a/fastcore/xml.py b/fastcore/xml.py
index bb9ed2cb..118b6d9f 100644
--- a/fastcore/xml.py
+++ b/fastcore/xml.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # AUTOGENERATED! DO NOT EDIT! File to edit: ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb.
 
 # %% auto 0
-__all__ = ['voids', 'XT', 'xt', 'to_xml', 'highlight', 'showtags', 'Html', 'Head', 'Title', 'Meta', 'Link', 'Style', 'Body',
-           'Pre', 'Code', 'Div', 'Span', 'P', 'H1', 'H2', 'H3', 'H4', 'H5', 'H6', 'Strong', 'Em', 'B', 'I', 'U', 'S',
-           'Strike', 'Sub', 'Sup', 'Hr', 'Br', 'Img', 'A', 'Nav', 'Ul', 'Ol', 'Li', 'Dl', 'Dt', 'Dd', 'Table', 'Thead',
-           'Tbody', 'Tfoot', 'Tr', 'Th', 'Td', 'Caption', 'Col', 'Colgroup', 'Form', 'Input', 'Textarea', 'Button',
-           'Select', 'Option', 'Label', 'Fieldset', 'Legend', 'Details', 'Summary', 'Main', 'Header', 'Footer',
-           'Section', 'Article', 'Aside', 'Figure', 'Figcaption', 'Mark', 'Small', 'Iframe', 'Object', 'Embed', 'Param',
-           'Video', 'Audio', 'Source', 'Canvas', 'Svg', 'Math', 'Script', 'Noscript', 'Template', 'Slot']
+__all__ = ['XT', 'xt', 'to_xml', 'highlight', 'showtags', 'Html', 'Head', 'Title', 'Meta', 'Link', 'Style', 'Body', 'Pre', 'Code',
+           'Div', 'Span', 'P', 'H1', 'H2', 'H3', 'H4', 'H5', 'H6', 'Strong', 'Em', 'B', 'I', 'U', 'S', 'Strike', 'Sub',
+           'Sup', 'Hr', 'Br', 'Img', 'A', 'Nav', 'Ul', 'Ol', 'Li', 'Dl', 'Dt', 'Dd', 'Table', 'Thead', 'Tbody', 'Tfoot',
+           'Tr', 'Th', 'Td', 'Caption', 'Col', 'Colgroup', 'Form', 'Input', 'Textarea', 'Button', 'Select', 'Option',
+           'Label', 'Fieldset', 'Legend', 'Details', 'Summary', 'Main', 'Header', 'Footer', 'Section', 'Article',
+           'Aside', 'Figure', 'Figcaption', 'Mark', 'Small', 'Iframe', 'Object', 'Embed', 'Param', 'Video', 'Audio',
+           'Source', 'Canvas', 'Svg', 'Math', 'Script', 'Noscript', 'Template', 'Slot']
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 2
 from .utils import *
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ def _attrmap(o):
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 5
 class XT(list):
-    def __init__(self, tag, cs, attrs=None, **kwargs): super().__init__([tag, cs, {**(attrs or {}), **kwargs}])
+    def __init__(self, tag, cs, attrs=None, void_=False, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__([tag, cs, {**(attrs or {}), **kwargs}])
+        self.void_ = void_
+
     @property
     def tag(self): return self[0]
     @property
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ def children(self): return self[1]
     def attrs(self): return self[2]
 
     def __setattr__(self, k, v):
-        if k.startswith('__') or k in ('tag','cs','attrs'): return super().__setattr__(k,v)
+        if k.startswith('__') or k in ('tag','cs','attrs','void_'): return super().__setattr__(k,v)
         self.attrs[k.lstrip('_').replace('_', '-')] = v
 
     def __getattr__(self, k):
@@ -44,11 +47,11 @@ def __getattr__(self, k):
         return self.attrs[k.lstrip('_').replace('_', '-')]
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 6
-def xt(tag:str, *c, **kw):
+def xt(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):
     "Create an XML tag structure `[tag,children,attrs]` for `toxml()`"
     if len(c)==1 and isinstance(c[0], types.GeneratorType): c = tuple(c[0])
     kw = {_attrmap(k):v for k,v in kw.items() if v is not None}
-    return XT(tag.lower(),c,kw)
+    return XT(tag.lower(),c,kw, void_=void_)
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 7
 _g = globals()
@@ -65,12 +68,9 @@ def xt(tag:str, *c, **kw):
 for o in _all_: _g[o] = partial(xt, o.lower())
 
 # %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 14
-voids = set('area base br col command embed hr img input keygen link meta param source track wbr !doctype'.split())
-
-# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 15
 def _escape(s): return '' if s is None else escape(s) if isinstance(s, str) else s
 
-# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 16
+# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 15
 def _to_attr(k,v):
     if isinstance(v,bool):
         if v==True : return str(k)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def _to_attr(k,v):
     if qt in v: qt = "'"
     return f'{k}={qt}{v}{qt}'
 
-# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 17
+# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 16
 def to_xml(elm, lvl=0):
     "Convert `xt` element tree into an XML string"
     if elm is None: return ''
@@ -97,24 +97,31 @@ def to_xml(elm, lvl=0):
         sattrs = (_to_attr(k,v) for k,v in attrs.items())
         stag += ' ' + ' '.join(sattrs)
 
-    cltag = '' if tag in voids else f'</{tag}>'
+    isvoid = getattr(elm, 'void_', False)
+    cltag = '' if isvoid else f'</{tag}>'
     if not cs: return f'{sp}<{stag}>{cltag}\n'
     if len(cs)==1 and not isinstance(cs[0],(list,tuple)) and not hasattr(cs[0],'__xt__'):
         return f'{sp}<{stag}>{_escape(cs[0])}{cltag}\n'
     res = f'{sp}<{stag}>\n'
     res += ''.join(to_xml(c, lvl=lvl+2) for c in cs)
-    if tag not in voids: res += f'{sp}{cltag}\n'
+    if not isvoid: res += f'{sp}{cltag}\n'
     return res
 
-# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 19
+# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 18
 def highlight(s, lang='xml'):
     "Markdown to syntax-highlight `s` in language `lang`"
     return f'```{lang}\n{to_xml(s)}\n```'
 
-# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 20
+# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 19
 def showtags(s):
     return f"""<code><pre>
 {escape(to_xml(s))}
 </code></pre>"""
 
 XT._repr_markdown_ = highlight
+
+# %% ../nbs/11_xml.ipynb 20
+def __getattr__(tag):
+    if tag.startswith('_') or tag[0].islower(): raise AttributeError
+    def _f(*c, target_id=None, **kwargs): return xt(tag, *c, target_id=target_id, **kwargs)
+    return _f
diff --git a/nbs/11_xml.ipynb b/nbs/11_xml.ipynb
index 15066021..c6232d82 100644
--- a/nbs/11_xml.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/11_xml.ipynb
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@
    "source": [
     "#|export\n",
     "class XT(list):\n",
-    "    def __init__(self, tag, cs, attrs=None, **kwargs): super().__init__([tag, cs, {**(attrs or {}), **kwargs}])\n",
+    "    def __init__(self, tag, cs, attrs=None, void_=False, **kwargs):\n",
+    "        super().__init__([tag, cs, {**(attrs or {}), **kwargs}])\n",
+    "        self.void_ = void_\n",
+    "\n",
     "    @property\n",
     "    def tag(self): return self[0]\n",
     "    @property\n",
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
     "    def attrs(self): return self[2]\n",
     "\n",
     "    def __setattr__(self, k, v):\n",
-    "        if k.startswith('__') or k in ('tag','cs','attrs'): return super().__setattr__(k,v)\n",
+    "        if k.startswith('__') or k in ('tag','cs','attrs','void_'): return super().__setattr__(k,v)\n",
     "        self.attrs[k.lstrip('_').replace('_', '-')] = v\n",
     "\n",
     "    def __getattr__(self, k):\n",
@@ -97,11 +100,11 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "#| export\n",
-    "def xt(tag:str, *c, **kw):\n",
+    "def xt(tag:str, *c, void_=False, **kw):\n",
     "    \"Create an XML tag structure `[tag,children,attrs]` for `toxml()`\"\n",
     "    if len(c)==1 and isinstance(c[0], types.GeneratorType): c = tuple(c[0])\n",
     "    kw = {_attrmap(k):v for k,v in kw.items() if v is not None}\n",
-    "    return XT(tag.lower(),c,kw)"
+    "    return XT(tag.lower(),c,kw, void_=void_)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -236,17 +239,6 @@
     "elem"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "c7de63a4",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "#| export\n",
-    "voids = set('area base br col command embed hr img input keygen link meta param source track wbr !doctype'.split())"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -300,13 +292,14 @@
     "        sattrs = (_to_attr(k,v) for k,v in attrs.items())\n",
     "        stag += ' ' + ' '.join(sattrs)\n",
     "\n",
-    "    cltag = '' if tag in voids else f'</{tag}>'\n",
+    "    isvoid = getattr(elm, 'void_', False)\n",
+    "    cltag = '' if isvoid else f'</{tag}>'\n",
     "    if not cs: return f'{sp}<{stag}>{cltag}\\n'\n",
     "    if len(cs)==1 and not isinstance(cs[0],(list,tuple)) and not hasattr(cs[0],'__xt__'):\n",
     "        return f'{sp}<{stag}>{_escape(cs[0])}{cltag}\\n'\n",
     "    res = f'{sp}<{stag}>\\n'\n",
     "    res += ''.join(to_xml(c, lvl=lvl+2) for c in cs)\n",
-    "    if tag not in voids: res += f'{sp}{cltag}\\n'\n",
+    "    if not isvoid: res += f'{sp}{cltag}\\n'\n",
     "    return res"
    ]
   },
@@ -327,8 +320,8 @@
       "  <body>\n",
       "    <div class=\"myclass\">\n",
       "Some text\n",
-      "      <input name=\"me\">\n",
-      "      <img src=\"filename\" data=\"1\">\n",
+      "      <input name=\"me\"></input>\n",
+      "      <img src=\"filename\" data=\"1\"></img>\n",
       "    </div>\n",
       "  </body>\n",
       "</html>\n",
@@ -370,6 +363,20 @@
     "XT._repr_markdown_ = highlight"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "530666f8",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "#| export\n",
+    "def __getattr__(tag):\n",
+    "    if tag.startswith('_') or tag[0].islower(): raise AttributeError\n",
+    "    def _f(*c, target_id=None, **kwargs): return xt(tag, *c, target_id=target_id, **kwargs)\n",
+    "    return _f"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "df973d4e",