# CSS quotes Property

## Example

Specify the quotation marks for quotations:

q {
quotes: "«" "»";
}
Try it yourself »

## Definition and Usage

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

Default value: | not specified
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 |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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
--- | --- | ---
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
--- | --- | ---
" | double quote | &#34;
' | single quote | &#39;
‹ | single, left angle quote | &#8249;
› | single, right angle quote | &#8250;
« | double, left angle quote | &#171;
» | double, right angle quote | &#187;
‘ | left quote (single high-6) | &#8216;
’ | right quote (single high-9) | &#8217;
“ | left quote (double high-6) | &#8220;
” | right quote (double high-9) | &#8221;
„ | double quote (double low-9) | &#8222;

## Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: quotes property

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