Style quotes Property
Example
Change quotation marks:
document.getElementById("myQ").style.quotes = "'\253' '\273'";
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Definition and Usage
The quotes property sets or returns the type of quotation marks for embedded quotations.
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quotes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Return the quotes property:
object.style.quotes
Set the quotes property:
object.style.quotes = "none|string string string string|initial|inherit"
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| none | Specifies that the open-quote and close-quote values will not produce any quotation marks. This is default |
| 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. Read about initial |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Technical Details
| Default Value: | none |
|---|---|
| Return Value: | A String, representing the type of quotation marks for embedded quotations |
| CSS Version | CSS2 |
More Examples
Example
Return the quotes property:
alert(document.getElementById("myQ").style.quotes);
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Related Pages
CSS reference: quotes property