Bad JavaScript bug with special characters

Hi,

As I found that JavaScript is not capable to render numbered entities for special characters in any DHTML code. So, all codes like &_#_245_; ('õ' without uderscores) are displayed as numbers when used in form elements.

Simple example:

var test = "ó";
alert(test); - shows code
document.write(test); - shows character

Does anyone know a way to render character code as a character in alert() function or form elements?

Thanks,
Vic

Yeah, that kind of stuff can be confusing. The alert box uses escape codes, and the write method uses html character entities. Try alert(unescape(test))

Sorry...I didn't test that enough. I'll keep trying.

Are you sure it's not just that the font/typeface used in form elements is one that doesn't have what you are expecting for that ASCII equivalent? Try setting your typeface in the rest of your page to Arial and see if the character looks the same, then also try Courier and Courier New. I do know that those kinds of symbols vary from typeface to typeface (and the particular one used in the forms may just not have that entity at all).

This one's cropped up before and one slightly obscure way around it is to place the special character into a hidden form field and then alert the value of the field. The alert then displays the character rather than the code. Tried using 'unescape()' as above but that didn't work. Try adapting this:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--
var str = "õ";

document.write('<FORM ID="Dave" NAME="Dave">')
document.write('<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" ID="Fred" NAME="Fred" VALUE="' + str + '">')
document.write('</FORM>')

alert(document.forms.Dave.Fred.value)
//-->
</SCRIPT>