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Hi,

I am using the backspace function to cut of the last 12 characters when listing the category that an entry belongs to. This works fine with Firefox but creates an additional block within IE. The block is also clickable just as the last category.

The following link shows the page where it happens: Page with the categories of the entries listed horizontally underneath each entry

When I take out the backspace function formatting looks fine in IE, but obviously I would like to use it so that the last characters are taken out.

My code looks like this:

<small>Category: </small>{categories backspace="12"}<a href="http://{path=%27directory/categories%27}" title="click for more companies in the {category_name} category">{category_name} » </a>{/categories}

I run EE 1.6.9 build 20100430

Hope someone can help me out with this.

Regards,
Tammo

The backspace is taking out the closing </a> tag.

What are you trying to achieve by using backspace? There may be a better solution.

Strange that this is not a problem for Firefox and is for IE. By using the backspace function I am taking out the last » . So the category line (Associations » Hotel) does not have the » symbol at the end. Any other way of achieving this is of course also good.

You’re creating invalid code that way, regardless of how each browser handles it. Why not reverse the order, like so?

{categories backspace="9"}
<a href="http://{path=directory/categories}">{category_name}</a> » {/categories}

Yes of course, I now see what you mean, the </a> should not be taken away by the backspace. I reversed the order as you suggested and put the backspace down to 7 and now all is fine. Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Tammo

Glad Ingmar was able to help. Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.