Problem when escaping style character in label. Collect needs user to type \

[mathieubossaert]

We (@nathalie_H and I) are facing a problem with select entries containing _ characters.
ODK collect use it as style information (italic) when enketo does not.
When we escape _ with \ in the labels, labels are ok in the select list but Collect ask user to also type \ to match entries.

This first screen shows the expected behovior (ok in Enketo) :

And here the "bug" in Collect (same form)

Collect transforms B_MC_SNCF_GARE_MANDUEL_TVX to
BMCSNCFGAREMANDUEL_TVX

In this second case, I replace in the label column of the choices sheet every _ with \_

_ Are now unspecialized but collect ask the user to type the "\" character to show the list's entries.

Is there a way to show label containing special chars ?

[Grzesiek2010]

Hi @mathieubossaert
Could you attach that form? Ideally, a small version of it if it's bigger to show the issue.

[mathieubossaert]

Yes of course ! Sorry I forgot it... It is a form to track and report car usage per program.

This one does not escape the _ characters :
form_saisie_km_voitures_service_v2021_autocomplete.xls (48 KB)

This one does :
form_saisie_km_voitures_service_v2021_autocomplete_antislash.xls (51.5 KB)

[Grzesiek2010]

But your form (the first one) does not contain underscores in labels so is it the same form?

[mathieubossaert]

Sorry again. I just updated my post with the right one (with underscores in labels)

[Grzesiek2010]

You are right it doesn't work well in Collect. I'll create an issue in our github repository.
Is that (the bug) a big problem for you?

[mathieubossaert]

Thanks @Grzesiek2010.
Not a big problem and not an emergency at all as we replace every underscore in the label by a space.
But I wanted to confirm the bug because there would be other situation or styling character that may cause a problem.