created: 20130204165019000 creator: tobibeer modified: 20140415164150742 modifier: andrewstern tags: Formatting title: HTML Entities type: text/x-tiddlywiki !Summary Use HTML entities to enter characters that can't easily be typed on an ordinary keyboard. They take the form of an ampersand ({{{&}}}), an identifying string, and a terminating semi-colon ({{{;}}}), e.g. {{{&}}}. !Markup {{{ The value of Tiddlers™ cannot even be expressed in £, € or $. }}} ''Displays as:'' The value of Tiddlers™ cannot even be expressed in £, € or $. !"""Entity References""" Comprehensive lists of html entities can be found at... * [[w3schools.com|http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp]] * [[htmlhelp.com|http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities]] !"""Examples Of Common And Eseful Entities""" |>|>|>|>|>|>| !HTML Entities | |   |   | no-break space |    | ' | ' | single quote, apostrophe | | – | – | en dash |~| " | " | quotation mark | | — | — | em dash |~| ′ | ′ | prime; minutes; feet | | … | … | horizontal ellipsis |~| ″ | ″ | double prime; seconds; inches | | © | © | Copyright symbol |~| ‘ | ‘ | left single quote | | ® | ® | Registered symbol |~| ’ | ’ | right single quote | | ™ | ™ | Trademark symbol |~| “ | “ | left double quote | | † | † | dagger |~| ” | ” | right double quote | | ‡ | ‡ | double dagger |~| « | « | left angle quote | | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |~| » | » | right angle quote | | § | § | section sign |~| × | × | multiplication symbol | | ↑ | ↑ | up arrow |~| ↓ | ↓ | down arrow | | ← | ← | left arrow |~| → | → | right arrow | | ⇐ | ⇐ | double left arrow |~| ⇒ | ⇒ | double right arrow | | ↔ | ↔ | left right arrow |~| ⇔ | ⇔ | double left right arrow | !"""Accented Characters""" The table below shows how accented characters can be built up by subsituting the underscore (_) into the corresponding character: |>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>| !Accented Characters | | grave accent | &_grave; | À | à | È | è | Ì | ì | Ò | ò | Ù | ù |   |   |   |   |   |   | | acute accent | &_acute; | Á | á | É | é | Í | í | Ó | ó | Ú | ú |   |   | Ý | ý |   |   | | circumflex accent | &_circ; | Â | â | Ê | ê | Î | î | Ô | ô | Û | û |   |   |   |   |   |   | | umlaut mark | &_uml; | Ä | ä | Ë | ë | Ï | ï | Ö | ö | Ü | ü |   |   | Ÿ | ÿ |   |   | | tilde | &_tilde; | Ã | ã |   |   |   |   | Õ | õ |   |   | Ñ | ñ |   |   |   |   | | ring | &_ring; | Å | å |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | | slash | &_slash; |   |   |   |   |   |   | Ø | ø |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | | cedilla | &_cedil; |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Ç | ç |