ASPxWebControl.EncodeHtml Property

SECURITY NOTE

Disabling this property may introduce security-related issues. Review the following help topic and learn how to protect websites from cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks: HTML Encoding.

Gets or sets whether to encode editor value and content.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(true)]
public virtual bool EncodeHtml { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(True)>
Public Overridable Property EncodeHtml As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	true	true to encode editor value and content and display them as text, false to not encode editor value and content and render them as HTML markup.

Remarks

The control converts service characters (for instance, < and >) in its content to character entity references (< and >) and displays HTML code as text. Set the EncodeHtml property to false to prevent such a convertion and render the control’s content as HTML markup.

Example

The following example illustrates how to use the ASPxWebControl.EncodeHtml property.

ASPX

<dx:ASPxComboBox runat="server" Caption="<b>Preload mode</b> [<a title='Preload description...' href='javascript:;'>?</a>]" EncodeHtml="false">
    <Items>
        <dx:ListEditItem Text="None" />
        <dx:ListEditItem Text="Metadata" />
        <dx:ListEditItem Text="Auto" />
    </Items>
</dx:ASPxComboBox>