Kiran Makam wrote:
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I am setting the content of a div dynamically using innerHTML
property. If the content contains an ampersand, text after the
ampersand is disappearing in IE6. It works properly in Firefox.
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It works properly in both UAs, because there is no public standard that
defines how syntax errors MUST be handled. The HTML 4.01 Specification only
makes suggestions in that regard:
<http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/appendix/notes.html#h-B.1>
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This is my code:
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<body>
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The DOCTYPE declaration and the required `title' element are missing.
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<div id='div1'></div>
<script>
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The #REQUIRED `type' attribute is missing.
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var div = document.getElementById('div1');
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You should do feature tests before you call anything.
See below.
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</script>
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</body>
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IE6 renders the content of div1 as 'A'
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That is correct.
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Firefox renders the content properly as 'A&B'
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That is also correct.
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If there is a space after ampersand, IE6 renders it properly.
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And that is correct as well.
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So I think that IE is assuming anything after ampersand as an HTML entity
( like ).
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Which is standards compliant.
No, the bug is in your code.
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Is there any workaround for this?
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Either
&
or (better) using standards-compliant properties instead of the proprietary
`innerHTML' property.
Validate your code before you complain about browsers next time.
<http://validator.w3.org/>
<http://jibbering.com/faq/>
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Ampersand creating problem in IE6 innerHTML property 
