StripHtml

Returns the text value of the input without HTML markup. Use the optional keepLineBreaks parameter to specify whether to keep line breaks in.

Syntax

StripHtml(htmlString, keepLineBreaks)

Enabled For

For a description of the business object categories, see Notes on "Enabled For".

Business Object Category Yes/No
Business Rules: Before-Save Rules Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (After Save, with or without Also Recalculate on Load) Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, without Also Recalculate On Load) Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, with Recalculate On Load) Yes
Business Rules: Editing Rules Yes
Business Rules: Initialization Rules Yes
Business Rules: Read Only Rules Yes
Business Rules: Required Rules Yes
Business Rules: Validation Rules Yes
Client Expressions Yes
Object Permissions No
Services Yes
LDAP Yes
Mobile Yes
Quick Actions (except UI Quick Actions) Yes
UI Quick Actions Yes
Reports Yes
Search/Dashboard without field references Yes
Search/Dashboard with field references No

Export to Excel

No

Parameters

Parameter Description
htmlString The HTML text to strip.
keepLineBreaks (Optional) A Boolean value that specifies if the line breaks in the HTML text to strip should be converted to a new line before the conversion.  If this value is true, the function takes all the <br> tags and replaces them with new lines before it does the stripping to prevent all the lines from running together.

Return Value

Text value.

Example

$(StripHtml ("<b>Use this sample code to fix the issue</b><br> <a href='' onmouseover='alert(/executed js/)' >Link</a>"))

The example above removes the HTML tags and returns the following:

Use this sample code to fix the issue Link

 

$(StripHtml ("<b>Use this sample code to fix the issue</b><br> <a href='' onmouseover='alert(/executed js/)' >Link</a>")), true)

The example above removes the HTML tags and returns the following:

Use this sample code to fix the issue

Link