PrimeFaces p:textEditor component - readOnly with format

Question

I am using PrimeFaces 6.0.15 and JSF 2.2. I am currently using the component p:textEditor to allow the user to format text (bold, italics, etc.) For example, if I have bolde and underline content, in the DB it would be stored as: <p><strong><u>TEST</u></strong></p> .

On the edit mode of my application, I pull the data from the database and because the format is persisted in the DB, it automatically shows the content bolde and underlined. But is there a read only version of the text editor such as but with the textEditor formatting functionality?

Since what is stored on the DB is pure HTML, I tried doing something like:

<h:panelGroup>#{bean.description}</h:panelGroup>

But it displayed this: <p><strong><u>TITLE</u></strong></p>

How could I display the content so that it shows the formatted content?

Answer 1

To enable HTML insertion without escaping, just set the escape attribute of h:outputText to false :

<h:outputText value="#{bean.description}" escape="false" />

Note: Presenting the HTML input of user A to user B may raise security issues (see: cross site request forgery ).