# Html node not working on string
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705
**Category:** General
**Created:** [31 August 2026 05:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705 "2026-08-31T05:41:03Z")
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [31 August 2026 05:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/1 "2026-08-31T05:41:03Z")
Does the html node require more than just a string in `msg.payload` or does the template node encode the content ? (ie. it looks like html but actually uses an encoded string?)
inject node \> template node (as plain text) \> html node, selector: `td`
Template node content:
```auto
some content |
blabla
blabla
|
```
No results.
example flow:
```auto
[{"id":"3f0c5e0f41be1217","type":"inject","z":"dd601c6b09710814","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":320,"y":920,"wires":[["4719a15d81f40618"]]},{"id":"4719a15d81f40618","type":"template","z":"dd601c6b09710814","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"html","syntax":"plain","template":"some content | \nblabla
blabla\n | \n","output":"str","x":480,"y":920,"wires":[["3b51dad0260b58d7"]]},{"id":"3b51dad0260b58d7","type":"html","z":"dd601c6b09710814","name":"","property":"payload","outproperty":"payload","tag":"td","ret":"text","as":"single","chr":"_","x":610,"y":920,"wires":[["e5af80508a63d73d"]]},{"id":"e5af80508a63d73d","type":"debug","z":"dd601c6b09710814","name":"debug 44","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":740,"y":920,"wires":[]}]
```
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [31 August 2026 06:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/2 "2026-08-31T06:58:27Z")
Try wrapping your content in a div
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [31 August 2026 08:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/3 "2026-08-31T08:03:59Z")
is that a workaround or a bug ? No difference btw.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [31 August 2026 08:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/4 "2026-08-31T08:57:31Z")
try wrapping in a `` tag.
There was a change to library some time ago (like maybe 2 years ago) that affected html fragments are handled.
Ah, here is a follow up issue: [feature: HTML: add option to handle fragments rather than whole docs · Issue #3423 · node-red/node-red · GitHub](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/issues/3423)
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [31 August 2026 08:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/5 "2026-08-31T08:59:25Z")
oh, and there is more here: [HTML node not extracting content · Issue #3137 · node-red/node-red · GitHub](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/issues/3137) (you might recognise one of the conversation participants 😉
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [31 August 2026 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/6 "2026-08-31T10:30:37Z")
lol its been a while - guess it requires the complete html, table and tr included, then it indeed works. Have to see how i can append it within a flow with elements.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 September 2026 10:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/html-node-not-working-on-string/101705/7 "2026-09-14T10:31:28Z")
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