Microsoft XML SDK 2.6 - XSLT Reference

xsl:text Element

Generates text in the output.

<xsl:text
  disable-output-escaping = "yes" | "no">
</xsl:text>

Attributes

disable-output-escaping
Default is "no". If the value is "yes", a text node generated by instantiating the <xsl:text> element will be output without any escaping. For example, 
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;</xsl:text>

generates the single character "<".

Note   disable-output-escaping="yes" can be used to generate non-well-formed documents, and thus should be used with caution, since non-well-formed output may generate errors in certain circumstances. For instance, transformNodeToObject to an XML Document requires that the result be well-formed and thus may not complete if disable-output-escaping has affected the well-formedness of the document. We recommend considering disable-output-escaping="yes" as an advanced feature to be used only when the potential dangers are understood.

Element Information

Number of occurrences Unlimited
Parent elements xsl:attribute, xsl:comment, xsl:copy, xsl:element, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:otherwise, xsl:param, xsl:processing-instruction, xsl:template, xsl:variable, xsl:when, xsl:with-param, output elements
Child elements (No child elements)

Remarks

A text node is created for each <xsl:text> element appearing in a template. White space is stripped, and adjacent text nodes are automatically merged.

See Also

xsl:comment