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maliwik

[Solved] Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

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in Using jQuery UI • 8 years ago

I'm having problems with the � character showing up in dates that are disabled and between the month and the year. See the following screenshot:

I have no options enabled and called it on an input field.

Is it a problem with the localization of the script? Where ever there is a � there should be a space so it's apparently not showing the right character.

Any ideas?

Replies(11)

kbwood.au

Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

This character is a non-breaking space. Try adding the correct DOCTYPE declaration to your page. For example:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

maliwik

Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

I already have the HTML5 doctype.

kbwood.au

Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

Are you seeing the same problem on the Datepicker demo site?

rdworth

Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

Add a <meta charset="UTF-8">

maliwik

Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

I have <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

I'm not seeing it on the Datepicker demo site.

rdworth

Re: Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

I'm not sure what else it may be. In order to debug further, we really need to see what you're seeing. Can you share a link to a public url?

maliwik

Re: Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

Here is a test URL: http://dancingbearphp.calmwatersolutions.com/

maliwik

Re: Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

Just an update, it shows these characters on the Dialog as well. I imagine it probably does it for the other plugins too.

kbwood.au

Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

Your jQuery UI JavaScript is being served as ISO-8859-1 encoded. Try using UTF-8 instead.

Alternately, use one of the external editions of jQuery UI, for example:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.6/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

maliwik

Re: Re: Can't get rid of � characters in DatePicker

8 years ago

Wow that fixed it. Thanks kbwood.au and rdworth!

I wonder what could have caused the script to change to ISO-8859-1. I think Dreamweaver defaults to that encoding when saving files. It probably got converted over when I changed the filename. Bugger lol