Literal space in a DropDownList

[Jon Sagara]

I'm trying to insert space characters into some ListItems in a DropDownList.
However, ASP.NET is converting my " " into " ". Anyone know
how to insert literal spaces when populating a DDL programmatically?

 

[Shiva]

Did you try adding the space chars directly without   ?
Eg: DropdownList.Items.Add (" ");

I'm trying to insert space characters into some ListItems in a DropDownList.
However, ASP.NET is converting my " " into " ". Anyone know
how to insert literal spaces when populating a DDL programmatically?

 

[Jon Sagara]

Yep. Just like in an HTML page, they are not rendered as spaces.

I have a temporary workaround -- instead of spaces, I am using dashes.

Thanks,

 

[Mohamed El Ashmawy]

You could resolve this problem by using Server.HTMLDecode.
For example, when you add a new item to the list that should be displayed
as "1 3", you use

DropDownList1.Items.Add(Server.HtmlDecode("1  3"));

This should solve your problem.
Regards
Mohamed El Ashmawy
MEA Developer Support Center
ITWorx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC

 

[azman]

I had the same problem. My SQL data source is SQL2000, and all I did was pre-pend char(160) to the field I wanted to indent. For example: select char(160) +<fieldname> from <table>. That worked.