Top "Html-escape-characters" questions

HTML escape characters are special codes, used to display Unicode characters including those which can't be typed on a standard keyboard and those having a special meaning to HTML.

What do < and > stand for?

I know that the entities &lt; and &gt; are used for < and >, but I am curious …

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HTML-encoding lost when attribute read from input field

I’m using JavaScript to pull a value out from a hidden field and display it in a textbox. The …

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Which characters need to be escaped in HTML?

Are they the same as XML, perhaps plus the space one (&nbsp;)? I've found some huge lists of HTML …

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How do I replicate a \t tab space in HTML?

How can I use the common \t escape character in html ? Is it possible? I need a code that has …

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How do I prevent people from doing XSS in Spring MVC?

What should I do to prevent XSS in Spring MVC? Right now I am just putting all places where I …

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How to have AngularJS output escaped HTML

I am getting JSON data from the server, one of the field contains escaped html (an email body actually): &…

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Is it necessary to use &mdash; and &ndash; in XHTML or HTML5?

It seems that it is best to use the &amp; escape, instead of simply typing the ampersand (&). However, …

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Bash script to convert from HTML entities to characters

I'm looking for a way to turn this: hello &lt; world to this: hello < world I could use …

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How to escape <, >, and & characters to html entities in Oracle PL/SQL

I need to send HTML emails directly from oracle PL/SQL package. This works almost fine. I have problem with …

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What characters must be escaped in HTML 5?

HTML 4 states pretty which characters should be escaped: Four character entity references deserve special mention since they are frequently used …

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