Ellipsis …
Tap the button to copy the ellipsis, or grab a variant below. The table has its Alt code, HTML entity and Unicode details.
| Copy | Unicode name | Codepoint | HTML | Windows Alt code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizontal Ellipsis | U+2026 | … | Alt+0133 |
- The ellipsis is Unicode U+2026 (Horizontal Ellipsis).
- In HTML, type
…to get …. - On Windows, hold Alt and type 0133 on the numeric keypad.
- On a Mac, press Option+Semicolon.
- It is a single character: it survives copy and paste into any text field and counts as one character against limits.
The horizontal ellipsis is a single character that replaces three typed periods, keeping the dots evenly spaced and preventing a line break in the middle. Character-limited fields like tweets only charge you one character for it. Screen readers announce it as ellipsis rather than dot dot dot.