HTML encoding in draft titles

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Moin reported an issue with draft titles containing special characters or emojis being HTML-encoded when displayed in the drafts list. The title Drafts don't like "special" characters like & in titles was displayed as Drafts don't like "special&q uot; characters like & in titles. This issue also affected drafts for replies. lindsey acknowledged the issue and noted that it would be addressed during upcoming work on the drafts list. Moin later confirmed that the issue had been fixed.

Draft titles containing special characters such as '", & or emojis are more challenging to read.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Create a new topic draft and paste the following text into the title field:
    Drafts don't like "special" characters like & in titles
  2. Add some text to the body so the draft is saved.
  3. Navigate to my/activity/drafts (e.g., via the “My drafts” link in the sidebar).
  4. Observe that the title is displayed as:
    Drafts don't like "special" characters like & in titles
    instead of the expected:
    Drafts don't like "special" characters like & in titles.

This also affects drafts for replies. When you draft a reply to 🇩🇪 Fehler in der Deutschen Übersetzung? Hier melden! - #101 by Moin, you see:

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Thanks for noting this, @Moin — we’re planning some work on the drafts list soon and have noted that this should be fixed at that time.

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A post was split to a new topic: Escaping html encoding in group activity

Fixed :tada:

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