Style quotes Property
Example
Change quotation marks:
 document.getElementById("myQ").style.quotes = "'\253' '\273'";
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Description
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
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