CSS quotes Property
Definition and Usage
The quotes property sets the type of quotation marks for quotations.
Default value: | not specified |
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Inherited: | yes |
Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
Version: | CSS2 |
JavaScript syntax: | object.style.quotes="'«' '»'" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Property | |||||
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quotes | 11.0 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
Note: IE8 supports the quotes property only if a !DOCTYPE is specified.
CSS Syntax
quotes: none|string|initial|inherit;
Property Values
Value | Description | Play it |
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none | Specifies that the "open-quote" and "close-quote" values of the "content" property will not produce any quotation marks | Play it » |
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 | Play it » |
initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | Play it » |
inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Quotation Mark Characters
Result | Description | Entity Number |
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" | 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