displaying '<' in a <select> 1

[ronsig]

Hi Y'all!

is it possible to display the '<' and '>' characters in a <Select> list?

I know this doesn't work:
<option>&lt;</option>

Is there another way?

Thanks,
Ron

 

[Boomerang]

This will work:

<OPTION>&amp;#60;your text&amp;#62;</OPTION>

Hope this helps,
Erik <-- My sport: Boomerang throwing !!
!! Many Happy Returns !! -->

 

[ronsig]

10x!

 

[sulfericacid]

you could also use &lt; < or &gt; for >

 

[sulfericacid]

neverming, I can't get it to post right

sulfericacid

 

[dunxd]

Obviously TGML aint all it is cracked up to be.

Try & lt; without the space between & and l! --
DunxD

 

[sulfericacid]

dunxd, that's what I was trying to do but it wouldn't work, even when in codes *sigh*

sulfericacid

 

[Boomerang]

Hi sulfericacid and dunxd,

For some reason this tek-tips site shows characters for all those that started with &amp;

But if you type &amp;amp;lt; instead of &amp;lt; then you avoid that there will be html characters shown.
(or &amp;amp;gt; instead of &amp;gt

But do not preview the post, otherwise it shows fine in the preview and the actual post shows the html character.

Hope this helps,
Erik <-- My sport: Boomerang throwing !!
!! Many Happy Returns !! -->

 

[imstillatwork]

go to this stupid little tool i made for myself for this very same reason....

http://www.a2garage.com/tools/unicode.cfm

encode or decode. easy as pie.