CSS @charset Rule
Example
Set the encoding of the style sheet to Unicode UTF-8:
@charset "UTF-8";
Definition and Usage
The @charset rule specifies the character encoding used in the style sheet.
The @charset rule must be the first element in the style sheet and not be
preceded by any character. If several @charset rules are defined, only the first one is used. The
@charset rule cannot be used inside a style attribute (on an HTML element), or
inside the <style> element where the character set of the HTML page is relevant.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @charset | 2.0 | No support in Edge 5.5 |
1.5 | 4.0 | 9.0 |
CSS Syntax
@charset "charset";
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| charset | Specifies the character encoding to use |
