The text-emphasis-style
CSS property sets the appearance of emphasis marks. It can also be set, and reset, using the text-emphasis
shorthand.
/* Initial value */ text-emphasis-style: none; /* No emphasis marks */ /* <string> values */ text-emphasis-style: 'x'; text-emphasis-style: 'įš'; text-emphasis-style: '\25B2'; text-emphasis-style: '*'; text-emphasis-style: 'foo'; /* Should NOT be used. It may be computed to or rendered as 'f' only */ /* Keyword values */ text-emphasis-style: filled; text-emphasis-style: open; text-emphasis-style: dot; text-emphasis-style: circle; text-emphasis-style: double-circle; text-emphasis-style: triangle; text-emphasis-style: filled sesame; text-emphasis-style: open sesame; /* Global values */ text-emphasis-style: inherit; text-emphasis-style: initial; text-emphasis-style: unset;
Syntax
Values
none
- No emphasis marks.
filled
- The shape is filled with solid color. If neither
filled
noropen
is present, this is the default. open
- The shape is hollow.
dot
- Display small circles as marks. The filled dot is
'âĸ'
(U+2022
), and the open dot is'âĻ'
(U+25E6
). circle
- Display large circles as marks. The filled circle is
'â'
(U+25CF
), and the open circle is'â'
(U+25CB
). double-circle
- Display double circles as marks. The filled double-circle is
'â'
(U+25C9
), and the open double-circle is'â'
(U+25CE
). triangle
- Display triangles as marks. The filled triangle is
'â˛'
(U+25B2
), and the open triangle is'âŗ'
(U+25B3
). sesame
- Display sesames as marks. The filled sesame is
'īš '
(U+FE45
), and the open sesame is'īš'
(U+FE46
). <string>
- Display the given string as marks. Authors should not specify more than one character in
<string>
. The UA may truncate or ignore strings consisting of more than one grapheme cluster.
Formal definition
Initial value | none |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
none | [ [ filled | open ] | [ dot | circle | double-circle | triangle | sesame ] ] | <string>
Examples
h2 {
text-emphasis-style: sesame;
}
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 The definition of 'text-emphasis' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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text-emphasis-style | Chrome
Full support
25
| Edge
Full support
79
| Firefox
Full support
46
| IE No support No | Opera
Full support
15
| Safari
Full support
6.1
| WebView Android
Full support
4.4
| Chrome Android
Full support
25
| Firefox Android
Full support
46
| Opera Android
Full support
14
| Safari iOS
Full support
7
| Samsung Internet Android
Full support
1.5
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
See also
- The related properties
text-emphasis-color
,text-emphasis
. - The
text-emphasis-position
property allowing to define the position of the emphasis marks.