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HTML entities in the CSS Content Property
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Insert special characters and symbols inside generated CSS content using their hex notation instead of the usual HTML entity notation. For example, © becomes \00a9:
Here’s another example:
.foo::before {
content: "An ellipsis\2026";
}
Cheatsheet & conversion tool
- Here’s a great cheatsheet to find the CSS notation for different symbols.
- And here’s a tool to convert HTML entities to their CSS notation.
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