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Asked: 2026-05-30T08:01:27+00:00

Simple question, however I can’t find an answer anywhere. I need a text input

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Simple question, however I can’t find an answer anywhere.

I need a text input that can display HTML in it’s value i.e:

<input type="text" name="guest_sc_player" id="guest_sc_player" size="27" value="<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F34196707&show_artwork=true"></iframe>" />
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  1. Editorial Team

    Most of the other answers will work for this specific situation, but the correct way to do this is to HTML Encode the entire value:

    <input type="text" name="guest_sc_player" id="guest_sc_player" size="27" value="&lt;iframe width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F34196707&amp;show_artwork=true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;" />​​​​​​​​

    jsfiddle

    This avoids the necessity of worrying whether there may be single or double quotes in the value string. Depending on what platform you’re using, there’s probably a convenience method to do this automatically. e.g. HttpUtility.HtmlEncode in .NET

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