“the HTML source you entered might have been modified”

Question

"the HTML source you entered might have been modified"

In SharePoint 2010, this is the scary message you get everytime you use the "edit HTML source" button with the Content Editor Web Part.

In which cases would the HTML source actually be modified? Has anyone experienced it?

Answer 1

http://blah.winsmarts.com/2009-11-The_new_content_editor_WebPart_in_SharePoint_2010.aspx

Check out this link.

Answer 2

I think the warning displays universally -- just to let you know that something may have changed whether you actually changed the content or not. It even displays when you simply click ok after opening the form.

When it actually changes the source is when you use something that it doesn't like. For example, if you put the bold tag around content, it will move the content outside of the tags and leave the tags empty. Don't know why it does this, but it likes to use the strong tag.

Answer 3

This happened again recently when trying to use the CEWP for some inline style code to hide the QuickLaunch. It changed the code so horribly that it wouldn't execute. This article helped me immensely: http://sharepoint911.com/blogs/laura/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=676af157-7d96-4e15-a987-54b8a3e4d948&ID=64

Answer 4

I found this post which explain how to avoid the problem. Quickly explained use the HTML Form Web Part instead :)

http://blog.pathtosharepoint.com/2010/10/27/about-scripts-web-parts-and-urban-myths/