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

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 |
«
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| » |
double, right angle quote |
»
|
| ‘ |
left quote (single high-6) |
‘
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| ’ |
right quote (single high-9) |
’
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| “ |
left quote (double high-6) |
“
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| ” |
right quote (double high-9) |
”
|
| „ |
double quote (double low-9) |
„
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Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: quotes property
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