How to put a unicode character in XAML?

GordonG_47630 0
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I'm trying to do this:

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Text, 
                          Converter={StaticResource stringFormatConverter}, 
                          ConverterParameter='&\u2014{0}'}" />

To get a — to appear in front of the text. It doesn't work. What should I be doing here?

unicode binding xaml wpf
5 Answers

I came to this page for some other reason, but this does not include the easiest and the obvious solution.

This is what I do.

Maintain a static class with all the Unicode values. 

 public static class Icons
{
    public const string IconName = "\u2014";
}

And then just bind it wherever you need it. 

<TextBlock Text="{x:Static resources:Icons.IconName}" FontFamily="..."/>

This also helps you out with maintenance, all icons would be in one place to manage.

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Save the file as UTF-8. In Visual Studio, you can do this by going "File" → "Advanced Save Options".

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