[jQuery] Re: Using ASCII characters in textfield

[Brian J. Fink]

Apparently the Autocomplete plugin is escaping the & character. This
may be a bug, or may be done intentionally, I don't know.

I'm not sure what the workaround would be.

On Jul 2, 10:02 am, Gearóid O'Ceallaigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using an autocomplete function on a textfield but I'm having a
> problem since the autocomplete array is filled with German words so
> special characters (such as ü, ä and ö). I can insert the ASCII codes
> for these characters in the array and when the autocomplete display
> pulls down, the array elements are displayed correctly.
>
> However, when the user selects an option with a German character, the
> ASCII code of the element is displayed instead of the German
> character.
>
> For example, if the user selects "Anlagenführer", the text field would
> be populated with "Anlagenf&uuml;hrer".
>
> Does anyone have any ideas of a workaround?