Adding   to a dropdown

[Rob T]

I have a dropdown list that I would like to put in a bunch of  's into
it (I'm setting the font to a monospace font so I can show a couple of
columns nice and neat).

In the old asp days, I had no problem doing this, but now if I try to do
something like this...

boxOption.Items.Add(New ListItem("myFirstCol   myLastCol"))

....it converts each & to a &

Any way to make the non-breaking space to work properly...or should I say,
they way I want it to?

Thanks.

-Rob T.

[Nicole Calinoiu]

Rob,

This behaviour is hard-coded into the RenderContents method of the
DropDownList class. Luckily, DropDownList is not sealed, so you can
easily override the behaviour.

HTH,
Nicole
"Rob T" <RT*********@DONTwalchemSPAM.com> wrote in message
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I have a dropdown list that I would like to put in a bunch of &nbsp;'s into
it (I'm setting the font to a monospace font so I can show a couple of
columns nice and neat).

In the old asp days, I had no problem doing this, but now if I try to do
something like this...

boxOption.Items.Add(New ListItem("myFirstCol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myLastCol"))

...it converts each & to a &amp;

Any way to make the non-breaking space to work properly...or should I say,
they way I want it to?

Thanks.

-Rob T.

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

try Server.HtmlDecode("&nbsp;");
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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
"Rob T" <RT*********@DONTwalchemSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:u6**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I have a dropdown list that I would like to put in a bunch of &nbsp;'s into it (I'm setting the font to a monospace font so I can show a couple of
columns nice and neat).

In the old asp days, I had no problem doing this, but now if I try to do
something like this...

boxOption.Items.Add(New ListItem("myFirstCol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myLastCol"))

...it converts each & to a &amp;

Any way to make the non-breaking space to work properly...or should I say,
they way I want it to?

Thanks.

-Rob T.