quotes Property (currentStyle, runtimeStyle, style, ...)

quotes Property

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quotes Attribute | quotes Property

Sets or retrieves the pairs of strings to be used as quotes in generated content.

Syntax

HTML { quotes : sValue }
Scripting [ sValue = ] object.style.quotes [ = v ]

HTML	{ quotes : sValue }
Scripting	[ sValue = ] object.style.quotes [ = v ]

Possible Values

sValue String that specifies or receives one of the following values.
[<string> <string>]+
The "open-quote" and "close-quote" values are taken from the specified list of pairs of quotation marks.
none
The "open-quote" and "close-quote" values produce no quotation marks.
The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has no default value. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Remarks

IE8 mode rendering is required.
Pairs of strings are required if the value is not none.

Example

The following example shows how the quotes element works in HTML.

<html lang="en">
  <head>
      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8"/>
    <title>QUOTES Example</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    /* Define quote characters */
      q { quotes: '"' '"' }
    /* Define pseudo-class triggers */
      q:before { content: open-quote }
      q:after  { content: close-quote }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
  <p><q>When I die, I'm donating my body to science fiction.</q><em> ~ Stephen Wright</em></p>
  </body>
</html>

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS2.1) .

Applies To

currentStyle, runtimeStyle, style, A, ABBR, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NOBR, OL, P, PRE, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor