Process thymeleaf variable as html code and not text

java thymeleaf
Alexandru Severin picture Alexandru Severin · Apr 18, 2014 · Viewed 42.9k times · Source

I'm using Thymeleaf to process html templates, I understood how to append inline strings from my controller, but now I want to append a fragment of html code into the page.

For example, lets stay that I have this in my java application:

String n="<span><i class=\"icon-leaf\"></i>"+str+"</span> <a href=\"\"></a>\n";

final WebContext ctx = new WebContext(request, response, 
                                      servletContext, request.getLocale());
ctx.setVariable("n",n);

What do I need to write in the html page so that it would be replaced by the "n" variable and be processed as html code instead of it being encoded as text?

Answer

michal.kreuzman picture michal.kreuzman · Apr 25, 2014

You can use th:utext attribute that stands for unescaped text (see documentation). Use this with caution and avoid user input in th:utext as it can cause security problems.

<div th:remove="tag" th:utext="${n}"></div>

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