The content property

The content property allows you to insert arbitrary generated text into tags. It is used together with after and before pseudo-elements.

Syntax

cssselector::after {
  content: 'text';
}

cssselector::before {
  content: 'text';
}

Example

Let's insert additional text at the start and end of the li tag text:

html<ul>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
</ul>

cssli::before {
  content: '!!!';
}
li::after {
  content: '???';
}

Результат:

Example

You can apply different styles to inserted text. Let's color this text in some color, for example:

html<ul>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
  <li>list item</li>
</ul>

cssli::before {
  color: red;
  content: '!!!';
}
li::after {
  color: green;
  content: '???';
}

Результат:

See also