Closed Bug 218842 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

content: "€" displays € in the page instead of the euro sign (entity problem)

Categories

(Core :: DOM: CSS Object Model, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: CSS Object Model
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 204324

People

(Reporter: thaisi, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

If you have a style on, let's say: a table, and use the content attribute,

TD:before {
  content: "€";
}

the page renders in the cells the string "€" instead of the euro sign.
I guess this is a problem with all HTML entities. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a table
2. 
TD:before {
  content: "€";
}

3. look at the cells.

Actual Results:  
€

Expected Results:  
euro sign

It is in all Gecko versions this way (netscape, Firebird, Mozilla)
That is correct behavior.  The entities are not supposed to be interpreted.  The
content value renders as straight text.

To get the effect you want, check the comments in bug 207461 and bug 204324.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 204324 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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