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HTML entities in CSS content (convert entities to escape-string at runtime)
I know that html-entities like or ö or ð can not be used inside a css like this:
div.test:before {
content:"text with html-entities like ` ` or `ö` ...
0
votes
1answer
15 views
Use javascript to convert special character back to HTML entity code
In one function of my site, the inner HTML of a div element is changed to include a right arrow. This symbol is included in the innerHTML of "myDiv" as ➞
In a separate function, I am ...
3
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7answers
98 views
How to print a pound “£” in html file?
i am trying to display a pound sign in my html page.i want to display it through a variable because i am getting the values of sign from an xml file.
Here is Code:
var sign = ...
0
votes
3answers
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Html entities manipulated with Javascript
I'm having issues in a formular with some htmlentities in the value attributes:
<form>
<input name="my-text" type="text" value="hello & world">
</form>
//Display in my ...
0
votes
1answer
80 views
AngularJS equivalent of .html() to replace html chars
In jQuery, if you have a string with HTML in it you can process the HTML in it and replace special characters like '&' with '&'
var myString = 'Jack & Jill';
var filtered = ...
0
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1answer
60 views
jQuery / JS and HTML entity decoding.
I've got this HTML entity I need to use as the title attribute and href attribute on a link (–) how do I escape/decode this for use? I'm using jQuery, do either a vanilla jS or jQuery method ...
0
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1answer
64 views
Javascript encode HTML entities on server
In my server application (on Parse Cloud Code), I want save some string data. There are HTML entities here, which I want to encode.
So i find a solution with Javascript:
var txt = ...
1
vote
1answer
113 views
HTML Entity to Unicode conversion [duplicate]
Is there some way to convert HTML Entities into unicode characters in Javascript?
I tried
var unicodeHtmlEntity = function (t) {
numericValue = parseInt(t.slice(2, -1), 10);
numericValue = ...
0
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1answer
171 views
How to sanitize an xml file with jquery, ie replace illegal chars with html entities
I have a jquery get command which gets the contents of an xml file. Unfortunately, some of the xml files i'm reading have unescaped special characters in them ('&' for example).
Initially i was ...
0
votes
1answer
77 views
Comparing escaped data with select box's unescaped value in JavaScript?
I have a page where I get select box options using an AJAX request, build a select box from that data, and then later use the selected value of the select box to get additional info from the response ...
0
votes
3answers
941 views
Document.write(<script>) throws Unexpected token “ILLEGAL”
Before you ask, I already searched a lot in Stack Overflow and I google it thousand times. Any other case I ever seen here helped me.
Let's go to my problem:
I'm trying to use the following script ...
0
votes
1answer
257 views
ckeditor character count decoding html entities
alert(CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.getData().replace(/<[^>]*>|\s/g, '').length);
I'm using this code to retrieve the character count of text written into the editor.
Unfortunately if writing ...
0
votes
1answer
152 views
How to properly use htmlentities() and deal with XSS while still allowing quotes
Ok I have a form to create a new record. The form takes in several text fields. Prior to putting them into the database I run the fields through htmlentities($field, ENT_QUOTES). That's great. ...
1
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0answers
59 views
Display TinyMCE inputted text causing undisplayable characters
Website is set to use UTF-8 so this should not be the issue:
<meta charset="utf-8">
Looking in the TinyMCE "View Source" option here is what the code looks like:
<p>Posted by J. ...
0
votes
3answers
273 views
Decode HTML character references in JavaScript string
In my program, I have this string in entry:
var toto = "Loïc";
I would like to decode this String in order to have:
'Loïc'
How can I do that?
2
votes
2answers
99 views
Is it possible to convert a font icon back into it's private use code?
For example, I am using fontAwesome, and I have a span that contains an icon:
written in html:
<span class="icon"></span>
though once actually rendered on the page:
...
0
votes
2answers
234 views
How to remove unwanted spaces in html tags using Javascript?
i have one java script variable. variable is given below
var str = '< table class = "buy_selection" >
< tbody >
< tr >
< th > size < / th >
< td >
< ...
0
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0answers
340 views
Html entity " is replaced with actual double quote while using document.body.innerHTML
In my case, server sends following html response
{"Testlink":"<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>"}
This response is set to body.
When I read ...
0
votes
3answers
109 views
Why can't I get this entity code to display correctly in a browser?
I'm trying to code a UK Pound symbol to be written to a document by JavaScript, but it's code is not being translated and is instead displayed as entered.
See this JSBin ...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
How to get MVC model strings as plain text in views
I'm sending a model to a view that have strings. Those strings are html encoded and I do not need them to be. Any way to send a model to a view without html encoding?
Model:
public class Package
{
...
1
vote
2answers
248 views
How do I find the string index of a tag (an element) without counting expanded entities?
I've got a large piece of text which I want to be able to select, storing the selected part by its startindex and endindex. (For example, selecting or in word would give me startindex 1 and endindex ...
1
vote
2answers
3k views
jQuery .append() not rendering html entity
I have a variable with html in it like this:
var html = '<div>Hello, you're awesome!</div>';
I want to append it to an element $("body").append(html) for some reason it's not ...
0
votes
1answer
407 views
Knockout: Decoding html entities in an input field
I have a web app that allows users to submit and save HTML. The user types in the html s/he wants to use into several different fields. Some are text input elements and some are textarea elements. ...
4
votes
1answer
1k views
Encode HTML entities
I am parsing some data from feedburner of which contains HTML entities. I am trying to encode the HTML entities using jQuery as such:
var encodedStr = data['1']['result']['content']; // content with ...
3
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2answers
402 views
Assign a HTML-entity as an attribute value using JavaScript/jQuery
I've been following this technique on css-tricks to add icons to a website: http://css-tricks.com/html-for-icon-font-usage/
I've got this in my CSS:
[data-icon]:before {
font-family: Symbol;
...
1
vote
1answer
150 views
How to make Dijit Editor keep ?
Dijit Editor removes all entities from user input.
With a Dijit Editor in hand, go into HTML mode, enter some text with some inside. Go back to WYSIWYG mode, back to HTML mode, ...
1
vote
2answers
753 views
Html entities of Euro symbol showing in AJAX response instead of actual Euro symbol - getting € instead of €
I am doing an AJAX call and in the AJAX handler code (PHP side) I have to return a string containing the currency symbol. I have € to begin with in the PHP side, which I try to encode using ...
4
votes
1answer
364 views
get original dom element innerHTML without javascript processing
Background - in an article editor powered by TinyMCE for an enterprise in-house CMS behind large media site/s
HTML
<p>non-breaking-space: pound: £ copyright: ...
0
votes
1answer
154 views
How to decode HTML entities in JavaScript using in a Ruby on Rails project
I am dealing with Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.
The main basic idea is that I create an object in my model's class function and call this function in JavaScript. The problem there is that anywhere the ...
-1
votes
1answer
103 views
insertAdjacentHTML with iframe turns the content into HTML entities
I'm trying to insert a iframe at the end of an element using insertAdjacentHTML. But for some reason the content inside the iframe gets turned into HTML entities ("<" to <, ">" to >).
...
2
votes
3answers
1k views
How to tell if a string contains HTML entity (like &)?
I'm trying to write a function that checks a parameter against an array of special HTML entities (like the user entered '&' instead of '&'), and then add a span around those entered ...
0
votes
0answers
145 views
Chrome is guessing HTML entities?
I have a simple function that mimics the "ellipses" effect on the end of text as a cross browser solution. The function removes 2 characters from the end of the text and sees if there is still an ...
google-chrome
1
vote
1answer
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how to ignore nonused space from word like “Test - Text” while building html tags
I am forming a tag like this
"<a href=instruction=name,value=" + sParameter +">"</a>"
But i am expecting some text separated by space Like "Test - Text" in place of sParameter. When ...
2
votes
2answers
241 views
How do I convert named HTML entities to numeric HTML entities in javascript?
Following this question (I have the same problem), how do I convert a string that has entities like to a string those entities as  , with javascript/jquery ?
2
votes
2answers
693 views
How can I have a prototype.js Template encode HTML entities?
If I have a prototype.js Template which generates HTML code from a JavaScript object, how can I have it automatically escape HTML entities in the JavaScript object's data so that the HTML doesn't ...
0
votes
1answer
506 views
GWT: setInnerHTML unescapes attribute values
This string: <a onclick="doit(''')">...</a> is received from the server-side and needs to be set as the inner HTML of an element.
When I use Element#setInnerHTML the string is ...
5
votes
5answers
2k views
PHP: HTML Attribute Encoding / JavaScript Decoding
What's the proper way to encode untrusted data for HTML attribute context? For example:
<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $data; ?>" />
I usually use htmlentities() or ...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
How to get char from HTML character code?
How can I convert the HTML entities € ► ♠ to their actual characters € ► ♠ using JavaScript?
0
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3answers
493 views
jQuery post() apostrophe how is apostrophe automatically converted to html numeric entity?
I am posting some data to the server using JQuery.post(), as shown below. When I receive the post data on the server side, I am surprised to see that the post variables already have single ...
1
vote
2answers
354 views
XSS and htmlentities
$text = "( = \" ' & \\ </textarea> : ; . " ;
echo htmlentities($text);
//outputs as -->> ( = " ' & \ </textarea> : ; .
//obviously, ...
0
votes
2answers
256 views
How to make JavaScript affect only the code between specific tags
This is the source of my simple HTML page (save as .html file):
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html ...
2
votes
1answer
558 views
My JQuery fails to select table cells containing nonbreaking space ` ` or ` `
Inspired from the post JQuery changing content of table cell , I am trying to modify the content of table cells containing a particular string which includes non breaking white spaces or ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
JavaScript replace() one html entity with another
I want to get some textarea text and replace all bullet point html entities • with ·.
The usual approach str.replace(/•/g,"·"); doesn't work.
Any advice would ...
0
votes
0answers
362 views
JS Html Entity Decoding (jquery 1.7.1)
With the latest update, the following code broke. It doesnt append the code in lb_l_ret.lbcode anymore. This code however, is html entities escaped. How can I make it work? Or how can I decode those ...
0
votes
1answer
484 views
How do I remove in IE?
I have some javascript code which removes non-breaking-space.
It doesn't work in IE, however it does work in Chrome/FF/Safari.
Wonder if someone can tell me why... ?
<table id="shelf">
<tr ...
internet-explorer
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3answers
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to replace “ ” with
this is my javascript code:
mystring = "this is sample";
nestring = mystring.replace(/ /g," ");
I need nestring ouput "this is sample".
but with the code above, nestring = ...
0
votes
2answers
243 views
JavaScript, Objective: Display Accurate Source Code
The objective is to be able to click a link to bring up a new window that displays the formatted source code from the parent window.
Through research, I was able to accomplish most of the task, but I ...
0
votes
1answer
220 views
Javascript - how to encode special characters from text file for autopopulate text field
I have a text file that I get for my auto-populate textfield function. The problem is, how do I encode the contents of the text file so there will be no more special characters? please help...
0
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3answers
275 views
any javascript buildin function to convert html entity to pass from url
i have a value
abc}efg
i need it to pass from URL
in HTML } = }
in URL } = %7D
how to convert } to %7D?
2
votes
1answer
762 views
Escaping content for placement with jQuery's .html() function
I need to accept arbitrary user input. Later, I want to copy that input, already escaped to HTML entities, into a textarea so it can be edited. However, jQuery's jQuery.html() function reads out the ...
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