Literal space in a DropDownList

[Jon Sagara]

I'm trying to insert space characters into some ListItems in a DropDownList.
However, ASP.NET is converting my " " into " ". Anyone know
how to insert literal spaces when populating a DDL programmatically?

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Jon Sagara

[Shiva]

Did you try adding the space chars directly without   ?
Eg: DropdownList.Items.Add (" ");

"Jon Sagara" <jo*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to insert space characters into some ListItems in a DropDownList.
However, ASP.NET is converting my "&nbsp;" into "&amp;nbsp;". Anyone know
how to insert literal spaces when populating a DDL programmatically?

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Jon Sagara

[Jon Sagara]

Yep. Just like in an HTML page, they are not rendered as spaces.

I have a temporary workaround -- instead of spaces, I am using dashes.

Thanks,

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Jon Sagara

"Shiva" <sh******@online.excite.com> wrote in message
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Did you try adding the space chars directly without &nbsp; ?
Eg: DropdownList.Items.Add (" ");

"Jon Sagara" <jo*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to insert space characters into some ListItems in a DropDownList. However, ASP.NET is converting my "&nbsp;" into "&amp;nbsp;". Anyone know
how to insert literal spaces when populating a DDL programmatically?

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Jon Sagara

[Mohamed El Ashmawy]

You could resolve this problem by using Server.HTMLDecode.
For example, when you add a new item to the list that should be displayed
as "1 3", you use

DropDownList1.Items.Add(Server.HtmlDecode("1&nbsp; &nbsp;3"));

This should solve your problem.
Regards
Mohamed El Ashmawy
MEA Developer Support Center
ITWorx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC