SelectItem ampersand issue

[sandermvdb]

We have a SelectItem that has values with the ampersand character. These items are correctly shown in the list but when I select such an item, the selected value is shown incorrectly (all characters behind the ampersand are lost). Is there a solution for this?

The attached screenshot shows this problem (P vs P&ID).

We are using SmartGWT 2.3 Pro.

[phuqit]

Wild guess: try replacing the value with '&' character with &

regards,
Andrius J.

[sandermvdb]

Wild guess: try replacing the value with '&' character with &

I have tried this and then indeed it works. But I don't want to convert all ampersand characters within my datasource when I show them and convert them back when I save the values. Or is there an easy way of doing this?

[sandermvdb]

Anyone with suggestions?

[sandermvdb]

We have updated our SmartGWT version to 2.4 Pro but still the issue persists.

I did some further testing and noticed the following values are displayed correctly when selected by the SelectItem:
- 04. Contracting & Procurement
- 03. O&M organisation
- 05. P&ID(s)

The following value is shown incorrectly when selected (see attached screenshot):
- 06. P&IDs

[Isomorphic]

Display values are treated as HTML. The previous suggestion of quoting the ampersand as & was correct. There are lots of places you could do this and the easiest depends on how your code is arranged.