HTML blockquote tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

HTML <blockquote> tag

HTML <blockquote> tag is used to define a block of text which is quoted from another source. The Browser usually displays the content within <blockquote> tag as indented text.

If you want to insert a long quote then use <blockquote> and for short or inline quote use <q> tag.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <blockquote> tag

Display	Block
Start tag/End tag	Both start and End tag
Usage	Semantic/textual

Example

  <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>  <title>Blockquote tag</title>  </head>  <body>  <h2>Example of blockquote tag</h2>  <p>A Great Motivational Quote :</p>     <blockquote cite=”https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/erin_cummings”>     <p>   At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren’t where you want to be, you will always be a failure.   </p>     </blockquote>  <cite>Erin Cummings</cite>  </body>  </html>  

Test it Now

Output:

HTML blockquote tag

Styling <blockquote> tag

  <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>  <title>Blockquote tag</title>     <style>     blockquote{     text-align: justify;     background-color: #F7EAE9;                             border-radius: 4px;                             margin-right: 25px;}     cite{       margin-left: 15px;}     </style>  </head>  <body>  <h2>Example of blockquote tag</h2>  <p>A Great Motivational Quote:</p>     <blockquote cite=”https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/erin_cummings”>     <p>   At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren’t where you want to be, you will always be a failure.   </p>     </blockquote>  <cite>-Erin Cummings</cite>  </body>  </html>  

Test it Now

Note: We have used CSS property margin-right: 25px to change the indentation applied to the text. You can also use margin-left or margin shorthand property.

Output:

HTML blockquote tag

Attribute

Tag specific attribute

Attribute	value	Description
cite	URL	It is used to specify the URL of the source from where the quote is taken.

Global attributes

The <blockquote> tag supports all the global attributes in HTML.

Event attributes

The <blockquote> tag supports all events attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<blockquote>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Next TopicHTML body Tag

HTML blockquote tag

HTML <blockquote> tag

Syntax

Example

Styling <blockquote> tag

Note: We have used CSS property margin-right: 25px to change the indentation applied to the text. You can also use margin-left or margin shorthand property.

Attribute

Tag specific attribute

Global attributes

Event attributes

Supporting Browsers

HTML aside tag

HTML Form Input Types

You may also like