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CSS quotes Property

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Example

Specify the quotation marks for embedded quotations:

q:lang(en)
{
quotes: "«" "»" "'" "'";
}

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Definition and Usage

The quotes property sets the type of quotation marks for embedded quotations.

Default value: not specified
Inherited: yes
Version: CSS2
JavaScript syntax: object.style.quotes="none"


Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The quotes property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: Internet Explorer 8 (and higher) supports the quotes property if a !DOCTYPE is specified.


Property Values

Value Description
none Specifies that the "open-quote" and "close-quote" values of the "content" property will not produce any quotation marks
string string string string Specifies which quotation marks to use. The first two values specifies the first level of quotation embedding, the next two values specifies the next level of quote embedding, etc
inherit Specifies that the value of the quotes property should be inherited from the parent element

Quotation Mark Characters

Result Description Entity Number
" double quote "
' single quote '
single, left angle quote ‹
single, right angle quote ›
« double, left angle quote «
» double, right angle quote »
left quote (single high-6) ‘
right quote (single high-9) ’
left quote (double high-6) “
right quote (double high-9) ”
double quote (double low-9) „
 

Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: quotes property


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