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Asked: 2026-06-07T15:57:40+00:00

If i specify an input field value like this: <input type=text id=requiredField value=Lait &#233;cr&#233;m&#233;/>

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If i specify an input field value like this:

 <input type="text" id="requiredField" value="Lait &#233;cr&#233;m&#233;"/>

The text will show in the input as: Lait écrémé, howvever if I do this with jQuery.val()…

$("#requiredField").val("Lait &#233;cr&#233;m&#233;");

It will not show correctly…

Any suggestions for this problem? Or could this be a jQuery bug? Is there a command to convert this?

Note: the page is utf8

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  1. Editorial Team

    The purpose of those html entities is that you can avoid using unicode encoding. If you are using uncode encoding such as utf-8 properly, they are pointless.

    Anyways, val doesn’t automatically decode them, it just takes the literal value. You can use this trick to get them decoded:

    $("#requiredField").val($("<div>").html("Lait &#233;cr&#233;m&#233;").text())
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