CSS quotes Property


Example

Specify quotation marks for quotations:

#a {
  quotes: "'" "'";
}
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Definition and Usage

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

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Default value: not specified
Inherited: yes
Animatable: no. Read about animatable
Version: CSS2
JavaScript syntax: object.style.quotes="'\253' '\273'" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
quotes 11.0 8.0 1.5 5.1 4.0


CSS Syntax

quotes: none|string|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value Description Demo
none Specifies that the "open-quote" and "close-quote" values of the "content" property will not produce any quotation marks Demo ❯
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 Demo ❯
initial Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Quotation Mark Characters

Result Description Entity Number
" double quote \0022
' single quote \0027
single, left angle quote \2039
single, right angle quote \203A
« double, left angle quote \00AB
» double, right angle quote \00BB
left quote (single high-6) \2018
right quote (single high-9) \2019
left quote (double high-6) \201C
right quote (double high-9) \201D
double quote (double low-9) \201E

Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: quotes property


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