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& symbol not working in plugin.xml [message #1835285]

Mon, 30 November 2020 07:09

Shubham Shrivastava

Messages: 2
Registered: November 2020

Junior Member

I want to include & symbol in a context menu text but it is not working. I have tried every escape characters mentioned to use & symbols like & & but none worked for me.
For the trial purpose i used other escaped characters like < and " so all these are working so there is no issues with my setup.

Please guide me to solve this issue.
Thanks in advance!

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Re: & symbol not working in plugin.xml [message #1835289 is a reply to message #1835285]

Mon, 30 November 2020 08:01

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I see working examples that that look like this:

       <command
             commandId="a.b.c"
             icon="icons/foo.png"
             id="a.b.c.D"
             label="Automatic Something &amp; Something Else"
             style="toggle">
       </command>

So I think & should just work.

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Re: & symbol not working in plugin.xml [message #1835290 is a reply to message #1835289]

Mon, 30 November 2020 08:13

Shubham Shrivastava

Messages: 2
Registered: November 2020

Junior Member

I am using it in name attribute of wizard tag and there only & is not working

          <wizard
                  ...
                  name="Menu item where &amp and &#38 symbol not working" ...
                  ...>
         </wizard>

i have removed ; from last so that it will not be rendered to & symbol in the comment

[Updated on: Mon, 30 November 2020 08:28]

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