# Pinegrow removes the quote characters when generating the css

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-removes-the-quote-characters-when-generating-the-css/7736>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** css\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-removes-the-quote-characters-when-generating-the-css/7736 "2023-02-11T19:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![MONO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MONO](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/MONO)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-removes-the-quote-characters-when-generating-the-css/7736/1 "2023-02-11T19:54:01Z")

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Pinegrow removes the quote characters when generating the css file:  
for example:  
SCSS:  
nav[aria-label=“Main”] { … }  
CSS  
nav[aria-label=Main] { … }

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Pinegrow PRO 7.2 / MacOS (M1)

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**Author:** ![fakesamgregory](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/fakesamgregory/32/3903_2.png) [@fakesamgregory](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/fakesamgregory)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-removes-the-quote-characters-when-generating-the-css/7736/2 "2023-02-15T10:29:20Z")

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This should still work while reducing char count. What is the problem you’re facing?

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**Author:** ![matjaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/matjaz/32/5_2.png) [@matjaz](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/matjaz)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/pinegrow-removes-the-quote-characters-when-generating-the-css/7736/3 "2023-02-18T09:33:01Z")

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@MONO this is a feature of the SASS compiler (we are using the official DartSass) that makes the generated code shorter.

If needed (for example in nav[aria-label=“Main navigation”] the quotes are preserved.