hanging-punctuation CSS property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
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.
Syntax
css
/* Keyword values */
hanging-punctuation: none;
hanging-punctuation: first;
hanging-punctuation: last;
hanging-punctuation: allow-end;
/* Two keywords */
hanging-punctuation: first allow-end;
hanging-punctuation: first last;
hanging-punctuation: last allow-end;
/* Three keywords */
hanging-punctuation: first allow-end last;
/* Global values */
hanging-punctuation: inherit;
hanging-punctuation: initial;
hanging-punctuation: revert;
hanging-punctuation: revert-layer;
hanging-punctuation: unset;
The hanging-punctuation property may be specified with one, two, or three space-separated values.
Values
none-
No character hangs.
first-
An opening bracket or quote at the start of the first formatted line of an element hangs. This applies to:
last-
A closing bracket or quote at the end of the last formatted line of an element hangs. This applies to:
allow-end-
A stop or comma at the end of a line hangs if it does not otherwise fit prior to justification.
Stops and commas that are allowed to hang include:
U+002C, COMMAU+002E, FULL STOPU+060C, ARABIC COMMAU+06D4, ARABIC FULL STOPU+3001, IDEOGRAPHIC COMMAU+3002, IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOPU+FF0C, FULLWIDTH COMMAU+FF0E, FULLWIDTH FULL STOPU+FE50, SMALL COMMAU+FE51, SMALL IDEOGRAPHIC COMMAU+FE52, SMALL FULL STOPU+FF61, HALFWIDTH IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOPU+FF64, HALFWIDTH IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA
User agents may include additional characters.
Formal definition
| Initial value | none |
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| Applies to | all elements |
| Inherited | yes |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
hanging-punctuation =
none |
[ first || [ force-end | allow-end ] || last ]
Examples
Setting opening and closing quotes to hang
HTML
html
<p>
«For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued
to happen.»
</p>
<p class="hanging">
«For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued
to happen.»
</p>
<p class="hanging right">
«For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued
to happen.»
</p>
CSS
css
p {
width: 15em;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
font-size: 2rem;
font-style: italic;
margin: 1em;
}
p.hanging {
hanging-punctuation: first last;
}
p.right {
text-align: right;
}
Result
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