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I am trying to populate a gridview from sharepoint list and population is working good expect in one column i want to display and <a> tag

I have the following code:

   StringBuilder cstext = new StringBuilder();

   dr["Status"] = cstext.Append("<a>click me</a>");

but in my browser i am seeing this <a>click me</a> and in inspect element i am seeing this &lt;a&gt;click me&lt;/a&gt;

Please help me

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  • can you try it as cstext.Append("<a>click me</a>").toString(); ? – Gautam Sheth Jul 11 '17 at 8:33
  • @GautamSheth: ToString won't help, as it's called anyway before rendering. The problem probably is HTMLEncode-ing the content – Nils Jul 11 '17 at 8:36
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    A StringBuilder is for Building strings, and the Append() methods return value is intended for chaining (value.Append("a").Append("b") ). Using it in the way you are using it (like a regular System.String) is probably going to lead to other unwanted side effects. – StingyJack Jul 11 '17 at 12:15
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I'm guessing your problem is not StringBuilder, but the "gridview". Are you using a SPGridView?

If so, the grid is probably encoding the content you put there. If you want to add HTML content in a cell set the HTMLEncode-property of your BoundField to false.

Also, on a sidenote, dr["Status"] = cstext.Append("<a>click me</a>"); will set the content of the cell to the StringBuilder. StringBuilder.Append will return the whole StringBuilder.

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