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Escape backslash in a Kendo Template

How do I escape backslash (\) in a Kendo template? This won't work:

 column.Bound(c => c.Username).ClientTemplate("#= Domain #\\#= Username #");
Solution

  • You can use 4 backslashes, but there must be a non-# character afterwards. I would use a space...

    .ClientTemplate("#= Domain # \\\\ #= Username #")

    ... or an invisible random HTML element...

    .ClientTemplate("#= Domain #\\\\<span style='display:none'></span>#= Username #")

    ... or an HTML-encoded null character:

    .ClientTemplate("#= Domain #\\\\&#0;#= Username #")

    In case the users will need to copy-paste those, test how each option behaves to prevent inconveniences.