# Symbol for hyphen?

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/symbol-for-hyphen/5277>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/symbol-for-hyphen/5277 "2021-05-17T15:35:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![aquorange](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/aquorange/32/958_2.png) [@aquorange](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/aquorange)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/symbol-for-hyphen/5277/1 "2021-05-17T15:35:59Z")

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In html I often use the entity &shy; to allow hyphenation when necessary. Sometimes I see a red dot in the code instead, sometimes not.

![Bildschirmfoto 2021-05-13 um 18.14.51](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/5/5466bd15b95bae910a2c789e357b495358b59c32.png)

This is really good but why isn’t it consistent? Or is it something different?

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**Author:** ![RobM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/symbol-for-hyphen/5277/2 "2021-05-17T18:39:50Z")

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Hi @aquorange,  
That is interesting. I seem to get it in a different color, but never as a red dot. Can you pinpoint when it does this? What framework? In any element (div, p h1)?  
Cheers,  
Bob

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**Author:** ![aquorange](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/aquorange/32/958_2.png) [@aquorange](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/aquorange)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/symbol-for-hyphen/5277/3 "2021-05-18T15:20:35Z")

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Hi @RobM,  
I really can’t say. I think it has to do with the text I put in. Something like a soft hyphen from MS Word or a layout software or even from email. But normally I copy such things into a text editor like BBedit and then paste into html. I tried to copy the code from PG to BBedit: There I only see normal ”-” . Pasted back into PG the red dots are there again. Pasted to Atom Codeeditor makes the dashes “-” disappear. I found the original text in MS Word but it is without soft hyphens.  
Really, I can’t say 😬

Cheers,  
Carsten