ampersand causes underline

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August 12, 2020
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I have a statictext that contains an ampersand. This effects the underlining of the next character and no ampersand.

The 'fix' of doubling up the ampersands simply effects two ampersands (neither underlined).

Any ideas, please?

Win10 : ExtendScript Toolkit : Javascript

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Correct answer r-bin

var d = new Window("dialog");

d.add("statictext", undefined, "aaaa &&&& bbb");       // CS6
d.add("statictext", undefined, "aaaa &&&\u202B bbb");  // СС2018
d.add("statictext", undefined, "aaaa &&&\u200B bbb");  // СС2018

d.show();

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FitzFoto12089247Author

Inspiring

Thank you for a quick and correct answer. Rather ridiculous isn't it that to effect a single ampersand one has to enter "&&&\u200B"?

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Lucas_Berlin

Participant

Ha, I had the same problem in rather different context. When I produce a typeface with an ampersand in the descriptive name of stylistic sets, this will also underline the next character in the OpenType menu of the current InDesign CC. Using two ampersands helps for InDesign, but then other applications display && in the menu. I can't fix that dilemma, I hope Adobe does, soon.

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r-binCorrect answer

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var d = new Window("dialog");

d.add("statictext", undefined, "aaaa &&&& bbb");       // CS6
d.add("statictext", undefined, "aaaa &&&\u202B bbb");  // СС2018
d.add("statictext", undefined, "aaaa &&&\u200B bbb");  // СС2018

d.show();