[SalesForce] How to escape a double quote in a Visualforce attribute

I would like a select option to appear in the page like this:

User and 2 "Reports To" Levels

but have not figured out how to escape the double quotes in a Visualforce attribute such as:

<apex:selectOption itemValue="2" itemLabel="User and 2 "Reports To" Levels"/>

How do I do this (without resorting to using a single quote instead)?

Best Answer

This can be done using the itemEscaped="false" attribute on the apex:selectOption tag. This will allow you to use HTML in the label text and render it into the page.

In your case, you want to use " to produce the quote character in the label: User and 2 "Reports To" Levels.

<apex:selectList id="myElement" value="{!selectedValue}" size="1">
    <apex:selectOption itemEscaped="false" itemValue="2" 
        itemLabel="User and 2 &quot;Reports To&quot; Levels"/>
</apex:selectList>

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You can accomplish this by adding an ActionSupport to each of the SelectOptions

<apex:pageBlockSection >
     <apex:actionRegion >
    <apex:selectList value="{!conid}" size="1" >
      <apex:selectOptions value="{!Cons}" />
      <apex:actionSupport action="{!updateCONLIST}" event="onchange" reRender="pBlock" />
     </apex:selectList>
    <apex:selectList value="{!conid2}" size="1" id="pBlock" >
        <apex:selectOptions value="{!Cons2}" />
    <apex:actionSupport action="{!updateCONLIST}" event="onchange" reRender="rBlock" />
        </apex:selectList>
    <apex:selectList value="{!conid3}" size="1" id="rBlock" >
        <apex:selectOptions value="{!Cons3}" />
    </apex:selectList>
         </apex:actionRegion>
</apex:pageBlockSection>

Depending on how long your SOQL might take to run, you could also include an ActionStatus to show a "please wait" type of message each time it is rerendering (and updating your dependent lists).

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You can add picklist values in your controller class so you can create a custom picklist on your page and add values that you need there (Also from your real picklist field).

<apex:selectlist value="{!somevalue}" multiselect="false" size="1">
    <apex:selectoptions value="{!someCollection}"/>
</apex:selectlist>

And if you don't want the entire page to be reloaded you will need to use apex:actionRegion to only reload a part of your page.

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