Modifier :esc_html
Escape HTML. Example: {Comments:102:esc_html} gives Please call before noon -- the gate code is 1234. Thanks, it's appreciated! We'll wait by the "Main" entrance all morning.. On the test form, this field is {Comments:102} (Paragraph text).
About
Works in any merge tag while GravityView is active, including Gravity Forms notifications.
| Product | GravityView |
|---|---|
| Requires | GravityView 2.0 or later |
| In the picker | Change the output, for form fields |
How to use it
Put a value inside an HTML attribute
Quotes and angle brackets would break the HTML. Escaped, they show as typed.
Write
<a href="https://example.com/" title="{Notes:2:esc_html}">Read the notes</a>Get
<a href="https://example.com/" title="it's -- <b>QUICK</b>, brown Fox jumps over the lazy dog and it wasn't <b>that</b> slow & steady.
Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm.">Read the notes</a>Examples
Output from the real plugin code, run on a test entry.
| Merge tag | Output | Without the modifier |
|---|---|---|
{Notes:2:esc_html} | it's -- <b>QUICK</b>, brown Fox jumps over the lazy dog and it wasn't <b>that</b> slow & steady. Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm. | it's -- <b>QUICK</b>, brown Fox jumps over the lazy dog and it wasn't <b>that</b> slow & steady.<br /> <br /> Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm. |
Works on
Form fields: Single line text · Paragraph text · Email · Website · Hidden · Signature · Drop down · Radio buttons · Checkboxes, one choice · Multi select · Image choice · Multiple choice · Post category · Product · Product price · Option · Shipping · Shipping (single) · Date, after a custom format · Time · Name, one part · Address, one part · Phone, standard format · File upload · Post image · List.
Left out
| Field kinds | Why |
|---|---|
| Consent · Calculation · Product (single) · Product (hidden) · Name · Address | Outputs nothing on the whole field. Gravity Forms has no single value for this field as a whole, so the tag outputs nothing and so does any modifier. Use one part instead, like .3 for a first name. |
| Checkboxes · Repeater | Skipped on the whole field. This field is stored as several values, which GravityView skips and GravityMath cannot total. Use one input instead, like .3 for a first name. |
| Number · Quantity · Total | Changes nothing on this field. It leaves this field as it is: a number has no letters and is one word, and a repeater is shown as a table these steps do not change. |
| Date | Needs a date format first. GravityView would change the stored date (2024-03-19), which has no letters. Add “Custom date format” or “Relative time” first. |
| Phone, international format | Works on the stored record. An international phone field stores a record like {"country":"US",…}. GravityView would change that record, not the number people see. |