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An ampersand shows as & instead of & in the following question content preview: I've also included an ampersand in the title of this question to test whether the title is also affect...
#5: Question closed
by
Monica Cellio
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2023-01-09T13:41:49Z (almost 2 years ago)
#4: Post edited
by
trichoplax
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2023-01-07T12:53:14Z (almost 2 years ago)
Replace outdated question image
- An ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:
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- I've also included an ampersand in the title of this question to test whether the title is also affected in the question preview. As can be seen on the front page, the ampersand in the question preview title displays correctly, so it is only the content preview that has this problem:
- An ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:
- 
- I've also included an ampersand in the title of this question to test whether the title is also affected in the question preview. As can be seen on the front page, the ampersand in the question preview title displays correctly, so it is only the content preview that has this problem:
- 
#3: Post edited
by
trichoplax
·
2023-01-07T12:51:10Z (almost 2 years ago)
Rewrite having realised this is not a general HTML entities problem
In addition to [HTML entities not rendering in titles](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281766), the content preview on the front page also shows raw HTML entities rather than their rendered characters.- An ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:
- 
The question linked above (about entities in titles) has an answer that suggests pasting in the character direct rather than using an HTML entity. This workaround works for uncommon characters not available from a particular regional keyboard, such as pasting in ℵ directly instead of typing `ℵ` (the example given in that question). However, in the image above the ampersand was typed directly, and only converted into an HTML entity upon saving. This means the workaround cannot be used.Is this enough reason to consider rendering HTML entities in question content previews (and possibly titles too)?Alternatively, should this just be considered a more limited scope bug that only affects characters like ampersand that are automatically converted back to HTML entities preventing the workaround from working? Should a fix only consider such characters, like `<` (<), `>` (>), and `&` (&)?
- An ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:
- 
- I've also included an ampersand in the title of this question to test whether the title is also affected in the question preview. As can be seen on the front page, the ampersand in the question preview title displays correctly, so it is only the content preview that has this problem:
- 
#2: Post edited
by
trichoplax
·
2023-01-07T12:44:50Z (almost 2 years ago)
Shorten intro to test ampersand in this particular question's preview
- In addition to [HTML entities not rendering in titles](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281766), the content preview on the front page also shows raw HTML entities rather than their rendered characters.
For example, an ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:- 
- The question linked above (about entities in titles) has an answer that suggests pasting in the character direct rather than using an HTML entity. This workaround works for uncommon characters not available from a particular regional keyboard, such as pasting in ℵ directly instead of typing `ℵ` (the example given in that question). However, in the image above the ampersand was typed directly, and only converted into an HTML entity upon saving. This means the workaround cannot be used.
- Is this enough reason to consider rendering HTML entities in question content previews (and possibly titles too)?
- Alternatively, should this just be considered a more limited scope bug that only affects characters like ampersand that are automatically converted back to HTML entities preventing the workaround from working? Should a fix only consider such characters, like `<` (<), `>` (>), and `&` (&)?
- In addition to [HTML entities not rendering in titles](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281766), the content preview on the front page also shows raw HTML entities rather than their rendered characters.
- An ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:
- 
- The question linked above (about entities in titles) has an answer that suggests pasting in the character direct rather than using an HTML entity. This workaround works for uncommon characters not available from a particular regional keyboard, such as pasting in ℵ directly instead of typing `ℵ` (the example given in that question). However, in the image above the ampersand was typed directly, and only converted into an HTML entity upon saving. This means the workaround cannot be used.
- Is this enough reason to consider rendering HTML entities in question content previews (and possibly titles too)?
- Alternatively, should this just be considered a more limited scope bug that only affects characters like ampersand that are automatically converted back to HTML entities preventing the workaround from working? Should a fix only consider such characters, like `<` (<), `>` (>), and `&` (&)?
#1: Initial revision
by
trichoplax
·
2023-01-07T12:43:37Z (almost 2 years ago)
HTML entities & the question content preview
In addition to [HTML entities not rendering in titles](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281766), the content preview on the front page also shows raw HTML entities rather than their rendered characters. For example, an ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview:  The question linked above (about entities in titles) has an answer that suggests pasting in the character direct rather than using an HTML entity. This workaround works for uncommon characters not available from a particular regional keyboard, such as pasting in ℵ directly instead of typing `ℵ` (the example given in that question). However, in the image above the ampersand was typed directly, and only converted into an HTML entity upon saving. This means the workaround cannot be used. Is this enough reason to consider rendering HTML entities in question content previews (and possibly titles too)? Alternatively, should this just be considered a more limited scope bug that only affects characters like ampersand that are automatically converted back to HTML entities preventing the workaround from working? Should a fix only consider such characters, like `<` (<), `>` (>), and `&` (&)?