Special Characters Linting Issue

[barbrab]

I keep getting the same error repeatedly and I can't figure out what the problem is. For each of these entries I get the same error, saying that special characters must be escaped, and showing a tag open symbol, but I have no extra open tags that I can see. I need a fresh pair of eyes. The error on line 287 is the same, but it shows the closing tag as being the issue.

Can anyone spot the trouble?

[osgood_ · Accepted solution]

Now an EX-MVP  (Hope I'm not breaking any rules)

You're missing the closing > at the end of your opening <div (see in red below):

<div class="tp-caption tp-resizeme">

EDITED

Actually thats not the case I see the > 'burried' now a little later on in the code sequence.

I don't know if this is legitimate but try surrounding your multiple data, which is inside the "[     ]" with just the single pair '     ' of quotes NOT the double pair (see below):

<div class="tp-caption tp-resizeme"

data-x="['left','center','center','left']"

data-hoffset="['375','-250','-250','135']"

data-y="['top','middle','middle','top']"

dat-voffset="['0','0','0','0']"

data-width="none"

data-height="none"

data-whitespace="nowrap"

data-visibility="['on','on','on','off']"

data-transform_idle="o:1;"

data-transform_in="y:bottom;s:250;e:Power3.easeInOut;"

data-transform_out="y:top;s:300;s:300;"

data-start="1200"

data-responsive_offset="on">

<img src="images/banner/line_o2.png" alt="Nov Build Pros" />

</div>

[Nancy OShea]

Linting prefers double quotes.  But you can change it in Preferences.  See screenshot.

"attr-value-double-quotes": false,

Nancy

[osgood_]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Nancy+OShea  wrote

Linting prefers double quotes.  But you can change it in Preferences.  See screenshot.

Now an EX-MVP (Hope I'm not breaking any rules)

It obviously doesnt when its double trouble """" that throws the escape error, if you use "''" that throws no errors, however I don't know if that is correct syntax as I don't know much about data-blah=""

This is ok: data-blah="somecode" but this would throw the escape error - data-blah="["on","on","on","off"]" whilst the single quote version data-blah="['on','on','on','off']" would not.

I mean I'm only guessing basing on php throwing errors in certain situations where you have to use single quotes ' if you open with a double " quote.

[barbrab]

I just completely turned Linting off. I run it through Wc3 anyway before publishing, and any errors can be fixed there. Doing it then prevents me from going batty looking at silly little errors during design.

[Nancy OShea]

barbrab  wrote

I just completely turned Linting off.

Sometimes I do the same.  It depends on what I'm working on.

Nancy

[osgood_]

barbrab  wrote

I just completely turned Linting off. I run it through Wc3 anyway before publishing, and any errors can be fixed there. Doing it then prevents me from going batty looking at silly little errors during design.

I don't treat linting that seriously. It helps a bit but don't become complacent and rely on it.

[Jon Fritz]

I haven't had linting turned on (aside from attempting to help in the forums from time to time) since it was added to the program.

It was much more useful early on, when it ran on open, edit and save. You could see "errors" (some of them just aren't) light up the line number right away as you made a mistake. Now, with it only firing on Save, it's pretty much useless to me.

My favorite error catcher is still the HTML validator add on for Firefox.