Need to ignore formatting characters

Question

I'm displaying a folder path in a WPF TextBlock but formatting characters get applied resulting in:

c:    est

instead of

c:\test

Is there a way to disable all formatting on a control so I can display as intended?

<TextBlock  Text="{Binding Name}" Style="{StaticResource StatusText}"/>

Answer 1

The problem is unrelated to WPF. You seem to use a string literal in your app like

string s = "C:\test";

This way, the tab is actually part of the string that you declare in your source file.

You need to either use a verbatim string literal

string s = @"C:\test";

or use double backslashes to escape the backslash character.

string s = "C:\\test";