How to make this line bold?

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I have a string in my JavaScript code here:

_msg = "You have errors on Question Number: " + _qid + "\n";

I am displaying _msg using alert.

How can I make it bold?

Based on you question: **You want to make a string variable bold**... You can't. you can do zoom in, but that's the best you can! **lol** — gdoron, Feb 05 '12 at 02:39
This is your guide: https://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question.aspx — Sparky, Feb 05 '12 at 02:41
No not the variable, What I mean is that when I display this string on screen, I want it to display the string in bold font, so is there a way to do this? — user1181690, Feb 05 '12 at 02:41
_msg is displayed in an alert, I want the _msg in the alert to be bold — user1181690, Feb 05 '12 at 02:43

speshak · Answer 1 · 2012-02-05T02:47:24.377

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Your answer is way too vague to know what you're actually doing with that string, but in the off chance you're just sticking it in the DOM somewhere:

_msg = "<b>You have errors on Question Number: " + _qid + "</b>\n";

Edit: You're displaying it in an alert, sorry there isn't any control over the formatting in that case.

edited Feb 05 '12 at 02:47

answered Feb 05 '12 at 02:41

speshak

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '12 at 02:48

You can't style HTML content in alert pop-ups.

Your best bet is looking into a custom pop-up, which you can style with CSS and toggle with Jquery.

This tutorial is fairly simple as it only requires the Jquery library:

There are also several plugins available for custom pop-ups too.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '12 at 02:43

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You cannot bold text in an alert. Sorry.

However, you can add something in the DOM that looks like an alert.

answered Feb 05 '12 at 02:43

icktoofay

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