HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <blockquote>
<blockquote> marks the text to be indented.
<blockquote> is used for displaying long quotations.
<q> is used for shorter inline quotations.
Browser compatibility
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What's new in HTML5
None.
Attribute
- cite
- Set the source URL of the quotation
Global Attributes
The <blockquote> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <blockquote> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
blockquote {
display: block;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 40px;
margin-right: 40px;
}
Example
A demo showing how to use blockquote tag.
<html>
<body>
<p>The blockquote content is indented.</p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.java2s.com">HTML CSS</blockquote>
</body>
</html>