GridView header column text getting html encoded

[TS]

I have a headerText for a header column that is "Page<br>Name". it puts a
<br> to force a line break, but the < and > get encoded to &lt; and &gt;
thus negating its effect as an html control and doesn't respect the line
break

I'm guessing this happens during render. What do i need to do to keep the
line break?

 

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

have you tried Server.HtmlDecode("Page<br>Name")

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi TS,

As for the text in the GridView header column, how did you put in to it?
Statically or dynamically through databinding? I've tested put static test
<br/> into TemplateField's HeaderTemplate and it can be displayed correctly
as linebreak. e.g.

==============
...................
<HeaderTemplate>
Page<br />Name
<hr />
Page&lt;br&gt;Name
</HeaderTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>
<%# Eval("description")%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>

</asp:GridView>
================

Also, based on the test, if the text is from databinding source and
displayed in TemplateField, since it does not htmlencode it bydefault,
<br/> can also display correctly as linebreak.

Please feel free to let me know if there is anything I missed or if you
have any further concerns.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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[marss]

I have a headerText for a header column that is "Page<br>Name". it puts a
<br> to force a line break, but the < and > get encoded to &lt; and &gt;
thus negating its effect as an html control and doesn't respect the line
break

I'm guessing this happens during render. What do i need to do to keep the
line break?

If you use BoundField then set HtmlEncode to false
<asp:BoundField DataField="..." HeaderText="Page<br>Name"
HtmlEncode="false"/>

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua

 

[TS]

that worked. Thanks

If you use BoundField then set HtmlEncode to false
<asp:BoundField DataField="..." HeaderText="Page<br>Name"
HtmlEncode="false"/>

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua