Quick Reference
The quotes property sets the type of quotation marks to be used for quotations.
div {
quotes: "'" "'";
}Default
| Default value | not specified |
| Inherited values | yes |
| Can it be animated? | no |
These are the allowed 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. |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element |
Using JavaScript
The HTML element can also be styled using JavaScript and the element’s id.
document.getElementById('my_div').style.quotes = "'\253' '\273'";<button onclick='my_function()'>Click Here</button>
<script>
function my_function() {
document.getElementById('my_div').style.quotes = "'\253' '\273'";
}
</script>CSS Notes:
- The “inherit”, “initial” and “unset” keywords can be used with any CSS property to set its value
- In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property
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