HTML Tag: blockquote

The <blockquote> tag specifies a section that is quoted from another source.

Browsers usually indent <blockquote> elements.

Required Attributes

  • None.

Optional Attributes

  • cite can be used to specify the location (in the form of a URI) where the quote has come from.
  • Common attributes

Example

<blockquote cite="http://html.voxquo.com/html-tag-html.html">
	<p>The root element that specifies that the content of the document is HTML. The opening tag immediately follows the ...</p>
</blockquote>

Changes in HTML5

  • In HTML5, the <blockquote> tag specifies a section that is quoted from another source.

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