Layout Settings Not Allowing a HTML Space

[sports guy]

I am trying to add spaces to my layout setting area (Categories SubCategories Indent and another field on this page). Obviously I should be able to add this to the field:   or this for a double space:    and save right? Pretty simple in the past.

These areas did haves the space entered as default but I removed them during some testing. Now I want them back. When I add this coding    to this admin area and save it creates this:

  

and no spaces happen where they should.

It won't let me put the standard coding in the field it converts the & symbol to the html version. And it does not add the space if I put the cursor in the box and hit the space bar then save. It just stays blank. This seems like a bug to me. How can I enter the space coding and have it properly convert? Never had this before something is funny.

See attached image below please.

[RodG]

Try escaping the ampersand, like:

/&nbsp:/&nbsp:

or should it be

\&nbsp:\  (I often get these mussed up) :)

No promises that it'll work, but worth a shot.

Cheers
Rod

[sports guy]

I tried your suggestion the issue still persist. It still converts the ampersand even with the escape.

[gilby]

See here
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....33#post1312333

[mc12345678]

Try escaping the ampersand, like:

/&nbsp:/&nbsp:

or should it be

\&nbsp:\  (I often get these mussed up) :)

No promises that it'll work, but worth a shot.

Cheers
Rod

Although reported not to work, the backslash (on US keyboard typically above the enter key) is the escape key. I think though that gilby's suggestion is the more likely correction at least when dealing with a slightly older install of ZC 1.5.5 as sanitization rules went through some further development after release.

[sports guy]

Thank you Gilby the solution you provided worked! I did perform a search before asking this question but for some reason just did not find the answer you provided. Anyway, I appreciate your help!

[lat9]

What version of Zen Cart 1.5.5 are you running? I had no issue setting the Breadcrumb Separator to  ::  in a ZC 1.5.5a admin. There were "sanitization" problems in the "un-suffixed" versions of 1.5.5, but that was corrected in 1.5.5a.

[sports guy]

I am running version 1.5.5a fresh install (I am fairly sure of this). I didn't have to modify the third file, that says if you have v1.5.5a no need to modify. And the fix worked properly. So I don't know why it didn't work for my 1.5.5a but did for you. But it is a slightly older 1.5.5a install. I installed it on 5/28/2016.

When I download the Zen Cart program, I name the folder the version number of the download. So when I look at my original zen cart website files I can clearly see which version I started with. My folder says v1.5.5a.

[gilby]

What version of Zen Cart 1.5.5 are you running? I had no issue setting the Breadcrumb Separator to  ::  in a ZC 1.5.5a admin. There were "sanitization" problems in the "un-suffixed" versions of 1.5.5, but that was corrected in 1.5.5a.

My original test version of 1.5.5a shows the problem. Might have been fixed in a later version of 1.5.5a

[lat9]

My original test version of 1.5.5a shows the problem. Might have been fixed in a later version of 1.5.5a

Arggh, you're correct (of course). While 1.5.5a corrected many of the "over-sanitization" issues, the issue reported by @sports guy was corrected in v1.5.5c.