CSS content Property
Example
The following example will add the URL (href attribute) in parentheses after each link:
a:after {
content: " (" attr(href) ")";
}
Property Definition and Usage
The content property is used with the :before and :after pseudo-elements to insert generated content.
| Default value: | normal |
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| Inherited: | no |
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| Version: | CSS2 |
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| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.content="url(beep.wav)" |
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Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
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| content | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
Content Syntax and Values
Syntax format:
content: normal|none|counter|attr|string|open-quote|close-quote|no-open-quote|no-close-quote|url|initial|inherit;
| Value | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| none | Sets the content to be empty. | Try it » |
| normal | Treated as none in :before and :after pseudo-elements, which means it is also empty. |
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| counter | Sets a counter, the format can be counter(name) or counter(name, style). The generated content is the value of the counter at this pseudo-element; the format is specified by style (default is 'decimal' – decimal number). |
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| attr(attribute) | Returns the string value of the element's attribute. | Try it » |
| string | Sets the text content. | Try it » |
| open-quote | Sets the opening quote. | Try it » |
| close-quote | Sets the closing quote. | Try it » |
| no-open-quote | Removes the opening quote. | Try it » |
| no-close-quote | Removes the closing quote. | Try it » |
| url(url) | Sets a link to a media file (image, sound, video, etc.). | Try it » |
| inherit | Specifies that the value of the content property should be inherited from the parent element. |