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I'm converting all & into & in my XML so that the XSLT will compile. I'm styling the XML into HTML. However when a textbox is populated by the XSLT, I need the & to display as &.
For example, it shows "you & me" in the text box, but I need to see "you & me".
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Use & in place of & .
It's very easy. Just extend the range of your translate() call to cover the problem characters (characters that you use in the attribute, but that XML forbids for element names).
& as & in XSLTIn general, here are alternative techniques for outputting & as &:
Globally:
<xsl:output method="html"/>
or
<xsl:output method="text"/>`
For ampersands originating from XSLT:
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[&]]></xsl:text>
For ampersands originating from input XML:
<xsl:value-of select="XPATH EXPRESSION" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
Now, in your specific case you say that &s within text boxes are being displayed as "&". I don't see that at all. Apart from XML or XSLT, in which I show above how to generate & rather than &, HTML itself really has no problem with &...
Consider this simple test HTML:
<html>
<body>
<h3>No &amp; is displayed in any of these cases:</h3>
<div>
In an input box:
<input type="text" value="Ampersand: &"/>
</div>
<div>
In a text area:
<textarea>Ampersand: &</textarea>
</div>
<div>In a div: Ampersand: &</div>
</body>
</html>
This renders in browsers as follows:
As you can see, there is no problem rendering & as &.
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In many situations & will work very well. It's valid xml, understood also by the browser. XSL, some-one-still-loves-youuuuuuuuu.
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