GridView header column text getting html encoded

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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?
 
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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TS said:
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?
Click to expand...

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

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua
 
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