Insert HTML entities in form elements with javascript Options

[Christian J]

This seems to work, though:

CODE

var foo='&';
document.write('<input value="'+foo+'">');

[.....]

Edit: seems the board renders my "&" into "&" now and then, especially in code examples. Best to check what one's posting!

If you use quick edit entities are converted.

Seems quoted replies are changed too, look at "var foo" above. Must test this more.

[Christian J]

Here is what I saw.

That's not what I got. I use a home-made favelet that shows the innerHTML (which normally includes rendered JS). Only IE6 changed the INPUT VALUE, the other ones retained "bleh". But you can't quite trust my favelet on this, it also renders "&amp;" to "&" wherever it's found (including in the script).

[youngcomlover101]

Because most entities are missing on my keyboard. But I guess I could copy them from some reference... :-/

Can't you use this?

http://imaginatorium.org/svc/unicode.htm

\u0026 = &