[processing] Fix certain characters show as HTML escaped in processin…

…g log Fixes #37934
qgis · Sep 17, 2020 · 965595d · 965595d
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commit 965595d
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingalgorithmdialogbase.cpp b/src/gui/processing/qgsprocessingalgorithmdialogbase.cpp
@@ -653,12 +653,14 @@ QString QgsProcessingAlgorithmDialogBase::formatStringForLog( const QString &str
 
 void QgsProcessingAlgorithmDialogBase::setInfo( const QString &message, bool isError, bool escapeHtml )
 {
+  // note -- we have to wrap the message in a span block, or QTextEdit::append sometimes gets confused
+  // and varies between treating it as a HTML string or a plain text string! (see https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/37934)
   if ( isError )
     txtLog->append( QStringLiteral( "<span style=\"color:red\">%1</span>" ).arg( escapeHtml ? formatStringForLog( message.toHtmlEscaped() ) : formatStringForLog( message ) ) );
   else if ( escapeHtml )
-    txtLog->append( formatStringForLog( message.toHtmlEscaped() ) );
+    txtLog->append( QStringLiteral( "<span>%1</span" ).arg( formatStringForLog( message.toHtmlEscaped() ) ) );
   else
-    txtLog->append( formatStringForLog( message ) );
+    txtLog->append( QStringLiteral( "<span>%1</span>" ).arg( formatStringForLog( message ) ) );
   scrollToBottomOfLog();
   processEvents();
 }