new attribute type "html", which is NOT run through (tags removing) html_entity_decode, used for value in et2_html(area)

etemplate/js/et2_core_common.js

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (typeof Array.prototype.indexOf == "undefined")
 /**
  * Array with all types supported by the et2_checkType function.
  */
-var et2_validTypes = ["boolean", "string", "float", "integer", "any", "js", "dimension"];
+var et2_validTypes = ["boolean", "string", "html", "float", "integer", "any", "js", "dimension"];
 
 /**
  * Object whith default values for the above types. Do not specify array or
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ var et2_validTypes = ["boolean", "string", "float", "integer", "any", "js", "dim
 var et2_typeDefaults = {
 	"boolean": false,
 	"string": "",
+	"html": "",
 	"js": null,
 	"float": 0.0,
 	"integer": 0,
@@ -152,11 +153,11 @@ function et2_checkType(_val, _type, _attr, _widget)
 	}
 
 	// Check whether the given value is of the type "string"
-	if (_type == "string")
+	if (_type == "string" || _type == "html")
 	{
 		if (typeof _val == "string")
 		{
-			return html_entity_decode(_val);
+			return _type == "html" ? _val : html_entity_decode(_val);
 		}
 
 		// Handle some less common possibilities

etemplate/js/et2_widget_html.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /**
  * @augments et2_valueWidget
  */
-var et2_html = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM], 
+var et2_html = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 {
 	attributes: {
 		'label': {
@@ -30,16 +30,22 @@ var et2_html = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 			ignore: false,
 			name: "Label",
 			translate: true,
-			type: "string",
+			type: "string"
 		},
 		"needed": {
 			"ignore": true
+		},
+		value: {
+			name: "Value",
+			description: "The value of the widget",
+			type: "html",	// "string" would remove html tags by running html_entity_decode
+			default: et2_no_init
 		}
 	},
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @memberOf et2_html
 	 */
 	init: function() {
@@ -84,6 +90,8 @@ var et2_html = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 
 	/**
 	 * Code for implementing et2_IDetachedDOM
+	 *
+	 * @param {array} _attrs
 	 */
 	getDetachedAttributes: function(_attrs)
 	{

etemplate/js/et2_widget_htmlarea.js

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ var et2_htmlarea = et2_inputWidget.extend(
 			'description': 'Internal configuration - managed by preferences & framework, passed in here',
 			'translate': 'no_lang'
 		},
+		value: {
+			name: "Value",
+			description: "The value of the widget",
+			type: "html",	// "string" would remove html tags by running html_entity_decode
+			default: et2_no_init
+		}
 	},
 
 	legacyOptions: ['mode','height','width','expand_toolbar','base_href'],