HTML cite Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

HTML <cite> tag

HTML <cite> tag specifies a citation, it provides reference or title to a creative work, quoted content, books, websites, a research paper, a blog-spot, painting, etc.

The main purpose of adding <cite> element is to provide or identify the source of the quote or any content.

The content written between <cite> tag renders in the italic form on the browser, and it can be overridden using CSS in your HTML document.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <cite> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both start and End tag
Usage	textual

Example:

  <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>  <title>Cite Tag</title>   </head>   <body>   <h2>Example of cite tag</h2>  <img src=”../wp-content/static/htmlpages/images/book.jpg” height=”150″ width=”120″>                <p>A famous book:                  <cite> Learning Web Design</cite> written by Jennifer Niederst Robbins                </p>   </body>  </html>  

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Output:

HTML cite tag

Attribute

Tag-specific attribute

HTML <cite> tag does not contain any specific attribute.

Global Attribute

HTML <cite> tag supports all Global attributes in HTML

Event Attribute

HTML <cite> tag supports all Event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

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

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