hanging-punctuation - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets 编辑

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: 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

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

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

• CSS Tricks: Hanging punctuation