HTML Entity Detail

HTML Entity - Ellipsis

Ellipsis is a punctuation marks and special text formatting characters. This HTML entity enables web developers to display this character reliably across all browsers without encoding issues.

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…

Unicode

U+2026

HTML entity

…

CSS code

\2026

Usage Examples

Use this HTML entity in professional typography for dashes, ellipsis, and special punctuation. For example, — for em-dash, … for ellipsis.

Related Entities

• Bullet Point — Em-dash ("us-dash—use Without Spaces") – En-dash ("uk-dash – Use With Spaces Before And After") ¶ Pilcrow / Paragraph Mark

Common Mistakes

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Mistake: Using three dots ... instead of the proper ellipsis …

Fix: Use … (…) for ellipsis. Three separate periods may break across lines and look uneven in professional typography.

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Mistake: Using too many or too few dots for ellipsis

Fix: An ellipsis is always exactly three dots (…). Using two, four, or more dots is incorrect. Use a space before/after based on style guide.

Ellipsis

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Category: Punctuation Marks

Unicode	`U+2026`
Hex Code	`…`
HTML Code	`…`
HTML Entity	`…`
CSS Code	`\2026`
Windows Shortcut
Mac Shortcut	`⌥.`

HTML code example

<span>&#8230;</span>

CSS code example

span {
    content : "\2026";
}

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