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Middle Dot HTML entity ·
· is the HTML entity for Middle Dot · (U+00B7). Copy the decimal · and hex · codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
·- Also written
··- Legacy form
·(no semicolon)- Code point
- U+00B7
- Unicode name
- MIDDLE DOT
- Block
- Latin-1 Supplement
- Category
- Other punctuation (Po)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ·Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ·Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ·Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\B7";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u00B7"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u00b7"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{MIDDLE DOT}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %C2%B7Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 B72 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 00B71 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
A raised dot used as a separator in footers and bylines, as the Catalan punt volat (col·lecció) and for multiplication in some notations. For a list, a real <ul> is better than dots in a line.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
Browsers also accept the legacy form · without a semicolon, for compatibility with old pages; new HTML should always end the reference with a semicolon.
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).