This web page provides a user-friendly tool to escape special HTML characters in text, ensuring the content is safe for display on web pages
without being interpreted as HTML or JavaScript code.
It is particularly useful for developers, content creators, and anyone who needs to sanitize text for web use.
Features:
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Input Text Area:
- Users can paste or type any text into the input area.
- The text can include special characters, HTML tags, or JavaScript code.
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Escape Functionality:
- A button labeled Escape processes the input text and escapes special characters like
<
, >
, &
, "
and '
into their corresponding HTML entities.
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Line-by-Line Escaping:
- An optional checkbox labeled Escape each line separately allows users to escape the text line by line.
- This is particularly useful for multiline input, where each line is treated as an independent entity.
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Example Button:
- A button labeled Example populates the input area with a sample string, showcasing how the tool works by escaping a simple
<script>
tag.
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Output Text Area:
- The processed (escaped) text is displayed in a separate output area.
- Users can review the escaped text before using it.
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Copy to Clipboard:
- A Copy to Clipboard button allows users to quickly copy the escaped output to their clipboard for easy use in their projects.
Usage Scenarios:
- Web Development: Escape potentially dangerous input to prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Content Management: Ensure that special characters in text do not break HTML rendering.
- Education: Learn about HTML entities and how they work to encode special characters.