Wicket DropDownChoice Format

Question

Whenever I do something like someString = object().name + " / " object2().name; in the toString() of an object, and load the array of objects into a wicket dropDownChoice, the dropDownChoice disregards the spacing of the strings.. So I'd rather have something like:

                Role / Site

Drop Down Menu: RoleName / SiteName

but instead no matter how much spacing I put it will always display:

RoleName/SiteName in the drop down choice... any ideas? I tried doing:

object().name + "&nbsp/&nbsp" object2() because I wasn't sure how wicket processes the string into the option tags, but that didn't work either.

any ideas?

Thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '13 at 00:38

Figured it out..

doing

       toString()
       {
          return "object().name + "&nbsp/&nbsp" object2().name"
       }

        this ended up working when I called:

        ssaIDRolesDropDownList.setEscapeModelStrings(false);

        //ssaIDRolesDropDownList is a reference to my dropDownChoice

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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This has nothing to do with Wicket; Elements like dropdowns or the infamous input type="file" are rendered OS specific:

Preserve whitespace in html select element options using "white-space: pre" NOT working

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Oct 11 '13 at 00:30

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actually I just figured it out.. doing the &nbsp works when I implement setEscapeModelStrings(false) on the dropdownchoice reference. Thanks though! – eaglei22 Oct 11 '13 at 00:36

Wicket DropDownChoice Format

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