How to emit unencoded html drop-down in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I want to populate the drop-down list with trademark and copyright symbols, but it looks like they are always html encoded, so instead I get their encoded form.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

When populating SelectList, use the text HttpUtility.HtmlDexode. Here is an example:

<% var entities = new string[] { "&copy;", "&lt;&quot;&gt;", "&#169;" }; var selectListItems = entities.Select(e => new SelectListItem { Text = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(e), Value = "1" }); %> <%= Html.DropDownList("exampleDropDownList", selectListItems) %> 

Answer 2

Or in this way, if Model is a SelectList

  @Html.DropDownList("DropDownList", Model.Select(i => { i.Text = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(i.Text); return i; }))