hanging-punctuation
Quick Summary for hanging-punctuation
The hanging-punctuation CSS property specifies whether a punctuation mark should hang at the start or end of a line of text. Hanging punctuation may be placed outside the line box.
Code Usage for hanging-punctuation
/* Keyword values */ hanging-punctuation: none; hanging-punctuation: first; hanging-punctuation: last; hanging-punctuation: force-end; hanging-punctuation: allow-end;  /* Two keywords */ hanging-punctuation: first force-end; hanging-punctuation: first allow-end; hanging-punctuation: first last; hanging-punctuation: last force-end; hanging-punctuation: last allow-end;  /* Three keywords */ hanging-punctuation: first force-end last; hanging-punctuation: first allow-end last;  /* Global values */ hanging-punctuation: inherit; hanging-punctuation: initial; hanging-punctuation: revert; hanging-punctuation: unset; 
More Details for hanging-punctuation

hanging-punctuation

The hanging-punctuation CSS property specifies whether a punctuation mark should hang at the start or end of a line of text. Hanging punctuation may be placed outside the line box.

/* Keyword values */ hanging-punctuation: none; hanging-punctuation: first; hanging-punctuation: last; hanging-punctuation: force-end; hanging-punctuation: allow-end;  /* Two keywords */ hanging-punctuation: first force-end; hanging-punctuation: first allow-end; hanging-punctuation: first last; hanging-punctuation: last force-end; hanging-punctuation: last allow-end;  /* Three keywords */ hanging-punctuation: first force-end last; hanging-punctuation: first allow-end last;  /* Global values */ hanging-punctuation: inherit; hanging-punctuation: initial; hanging-punctuation: revert; hanging-punctuation: unset; 

Syntax

The hanging-punctuation property may be specified with one, two, or three values.

One-value syntax uses any one of the keyword values in the list below. Two-value syntax uses one of the following: first together with any one of last, allow-end, or force-end last together with any one of first, allow-end, or force-end Three-value syntax uses one of the following: first, allow-end, and last first, force-end, and last

Values

none

No character hangs.

first

An opening bracket or quote at the start of the first formatted line of an element hangs.

last

A closing bracket or quote at the end of the last formatted line of an element hangs.

force-end

A stop or comma at the end of a line hangs.

allow-end

A stop or comma at the end of a line hangs if it does not otherwise fit prior to justification.

Formal definition

Initial valuenone
Applies toall elements
Inheritedyes
Computed valueas specified
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

none | [ first || [ force-end | allow-end ] || last ]

Examples

Setting opening and closing quotes to hang

HTML
<p>"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur dignissim nunc mauris, et sollicitudin est scelerisque sed. Praesent laoreet tortor massa, sit amet vulputate nulla pharetra ut."</p> 
CSS
p {   hanging-punctuation: first last;   margin: .5rem; } 
Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Text Module Level 3 # hanging-punctuation-property
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