Question

I have created a select list with some option values inside an asp.net tablecell. For some reason VS10 keeps placing more and more non breaking spaces into the code before the option values. I have to keep deleting them because it eventually fills the page with them. Here is my original code:

        <asp:TableCell>
            <select id="selectBankID" onchange="changeFormatLabel(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value,'txtBankIDFormat')">
                <option value=""></option>
                <option value="SWIFT (W/Branch)">SWIFT (W/Branch)</option>
                <option value="SWIFT (W/O Branch)">SWIFT (W/O Branch)</option>
                <option value="BSB">BSB</option>
                <option value="BIC">BIC</option>
                <option value="TRNO">TRNO</option>
                <option value="BLZ">BLZ</option>
                <option value="UKSORT">UKSORT</option>
            </select>
        </asp:TableCell>

On its own, without my saving or anything, a bunch of nbsp characters appear out of nowhere and just keep multiplying as I keep working on other parts of the page:

        <asp:TableCell>
            <select id="selectIntermedBankID" onchange="changeFormatLabel(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value,'txtIntermedBankIDFormat')">

                   

                    SWIFT (W/Branch)

                    SWIFT (W/O Branch)

                    BSB

                    BIC

                    TRNO

                    BLZ

                    UKSORT

               

Of course, they don’t display nicely in the code window on this site, but they are there. What the #@$!* is going on? Visual Studio hatred for non asp tags?

Answer 1

As stated above, just used a dropdownlist instead of standard HTML selectlist.