Re: Label not able to take <p>

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"Göran Andersson" <guffa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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tshad wrote:
I have an asp:Label that I am trying display some formatted text.

I can do this in my aspx page, but not from Javascript where I am getting
the text from the opener. I couldn't figure out why my script stopped
executing until I realized what was happening.

In my script I am doing this:

var toCoverLetterDisplay =
document.getElementById('_ctl0_ResumeDisplay_CoverLetterDisplay');

CoverLetterDisplay is an asp:Label which renders into a span element.

So

<asp:Label Text="<p>This is the CoverLetterDisplay</p>"
ID="CoverLetterDisplay" runat=server/>

Renders into

<span id="_ctl0_ResumeDisplay_CoverLetterDisplay"><p>This is the
CoverLetterDisplay</p></span>

In my asp code I can do:

CoverLetterDisplay.Text = "<p>This is the text from the
CoverLetterTextBox.</p>"

I can also do:

toCoverLetterDisplay.innerHTML = "This is a test"

But I can't do:

toCoverLetterDisplay.innerHTML = "<p>This is a test</p>;

or

var test = "<p>This is a test</p>";
toCoverLetterDisplay.innerHTML = test;

What is the problem?

I assume this has something to do with the chevrons.

The problem is that I am trying to move Formatted text from a textarea on
my opener page to an asp:Label on my new page. How do I do this in my
JavaScript function?

Thanks,

Tom

The paragraph tag is a block tag while a span is an inline tag. You can't
place block tags inside inline tags.

Use a Panel instead of the Label.

That did it.

But why can I set the asp:Label fine but not the <span> if the asp:Label
renders into a <span> tag?

Thanks,

Tom

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