Closed Bug 835964 Opened 12 years ago Closed 12 years ago

Can't insert HTML entities with the inspector.

Categories

(DevTools :: General, defect, P2)

Product:
DevTools
Component:
General
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Milestone:
Firefox 22

People

(Reporter: mythmon, Assigned: miker)

Details

If I edit a block of text with the inspector and insert a character entity such as `&`, it is escaped to render as `&`. This makes it difficult to insert some characters, especially if they can't be easily typed, like ­ (a soft hyphen).
related: bug 839640
Assignee: nobody → mratcliffe
Priority: -- → P2
Whiteboard: [patch-in-bug-839640]
Fixed by bug 839640. https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/2f3b16c3a8c6
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Flags: in-testsuite+
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Whiteboard: [patch-in-bug-839640]
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox 22
No longer blocks: DevToolsPaperCuts
Product: Firefox → DevTools
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