add html content to hidden form field

Question

Is it possible to pass a chunk of html content to a hidden field and how would I do this?

Thanks

Jonathan

Answer 1

Yes - simply HTML encode the content (e.g. replace "<" with "&lt" etc...)

You didn't specify which language you'll use for poplulating the field value, so I can't help with details of how to encode.

Here's a reference of how to do it in jQuery.

Here's Java