Instead of returning html from the highlighter, use unicode reserved characters as the pre/post highlight signals.
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	Feb 11 2016, 12:37 AM

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This would allow us to push sanitization out to the edge where it is supposed to be. It was suggested that this is how bing is internally handling highlighting.

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EBernhardson created this task.Feb 11 2016, 12:37 AM

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16:37 < JustinO> ebernhardson: bing uses '\uE000' & '\uE001' to highlight

Nice idea. This also has advantages for clients that cannot render HTML easily, such as mobile apps.

• Deskana moved this task from Inbox to User interface and experience on the CirrusSearch board.Feb 11 2016, 12:44 AM

jayvdb renamed this task from Instead of returning html from the higlighter, use unicode reserved characters as the pre/post highlight signals. to Instead of returning html from the highlighter, use unicode reserved characters as the pre/post highlight signals..Feb 11 2016, 12:47 AM

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EBernhardson moved this task from Needs triage to Search on the Discovery-ARCHIVED board.Feb 11 2016, 11:16 PM

In T126563#2017408, @EBernhardson wrote:

16:37 < JustinO> ebernhardson: bing uses '\uE000' & '\uE001' to highlight

Specifically, see "Hit Highlighting / Bing": https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg447081.aspx

EBernhardson mentioned this in T173172: Search results "eating" span tag contained in search preview.Sep 22 2017, 8:12 PM

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Gehel moved this task from needs triage to UI tickets on the Discovery-Search board.Oct 20 2023, 1:47 PM

This was done some years ago, it's marked as T173172. This seems to be effectively the same ticket.

Gehel edited projects, added: Discovery-Search (Current work); removed: Discovery-Search.Feb 12 2025, 9:36 AM

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Instead of returning html from the highlighter, use unicode reserved characters as the pre/post highlight signals.
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