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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-47371

The character & is displayed as " & amp ; " in html tag attributes (for example "title" or "alt") - both format_string() and s() encode it

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    • MOODLE_27_STABLE, MOODLE_28_STABLE
    • MOODLE_30_STABLE, MOODLE_31_STABLE
    • MDL-47371-master
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      Setup
      1. Login as admin.
      2. Create a course and add the special characters & ' " ¢ £ © € ¥ ® < > to the Course full name.
      3. Enrol a student to that course
      4. Login as a student.
      Course node loaded on page load
      1. Hover over the course's link under My courses. Check the title text being displayed.
        • Confirm that the title is rendered properly and that there are no escaped characters. (i.e. &amp;, &gt;, &lt;)
      AJAX testing
      1. Click Site home on the navigation block.
      2. Expand the My courses node.
      3. Hover over the course's link. Check the title text being displayed.
        • Confirm that the title is rendered properly and that there are no escaped characters. (i.e. &amp;, &gt;, &lt;)
      Book chapter testing
      1. Create a book with two chapters. Give them both the title & ' " ¢ £ © € ¥ ® < >
      2. On the left hand side in the "Table of contents" block, hover over one of the titles (whichever one is a link)
        • Confirm that the title is rendered properly and that there are no escaped characters. (i.e. &amp;, &gt;, &lt;)
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      Setup Login as admin. Create a course and add the special characters & ' " ¢ £ © € ¥ ® < > to the Course full name. Enrol a student to that course Login as a student. Course node loaded on page load Hover over the course's link under My courses . Check the title text being displayed. Confirm that the title is rendered properly and that there are no escaped characters. (i.e. &amp;, &gt;, &lt; ) AJAX testing Click Site home on the navigation block. Expand the My courses node. Hover over the course's link. Check the title text being displayed. Confirm that the title is rendered properly and that there are no escaped characters. (i.e. &amp;, &gt;, &lt; ) Book chapter testing Create a book with two chapters. Give them both the title & ' " ¢ £ © € ¥ ® < > On the left hand side in the "Table of contents" block, hover over one of the titles (whichever one is a link) Confirm that the title is rendered properly and that there are no escaped characters. (i.e. &amp;, &gt;, &lt; )
    • 3.2 Sprint 2

    Description

      FULL STEPS:
      1 - Add a book resource to a course
      2 - Any book name and description will do
      3 - Appearance and Common module settings to default
      4 - Save and return to course
      5 - Click on your newly created book and create two new Chapter
      First one:
      6 - Type: " & " for the Chapter title, without the quotes
      7 - Any content will do
      Second one:
      8 - Type: " & " for the Chapter title, without the quotes
      9 - Any content will do
      10 - Save changes
      11 - Now hover the chapter title links in the table of contents

      You will notice that the character " & " was transformed to " & amp;amp; " without the quotes in the link title attribute but remained as " & " in the toc itself

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-54645 Remove hack for replacing escaped ampersand characters in navigation node title

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has a non-specific relationship to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-24282 Forum: Subscriptions page right and left arrows are not displaying properly

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing, prevents Moodle from running (applicable to bugs only)
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-70433 In gradebook titles, ampersand '&' is being displayed as &amp;

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          has been marked as being related by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-56125 Marking guide - Special characters problem with frequently used comments

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          is duplicated by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-54775 Bad character conversion in dockblock with Y.Escape.html method

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              cameron1729 cameron1729
              cedricguindon cedric guindon
              Jun Pataleta Jun Pataleta
              Dan Poltawski Dan Poltawski
              Ryan Wyllie Ryan Wyllie
              Adrian Greeve, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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                Resolved:
                12/Sep/16