Description

The <blockquote> tag indicates that the enclosed text is an extended quotation.

Usually, blockquotes are rendered visually by indentation. A URL for the source of the quotation may be given using the cite attribute, while a text representation of the source can be given using the <cite> element.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.

Placement:Inline
Content:Block, inline and text
Start/ End Tag:Start tag: required, End tag: required
Version:HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

Note: XHTML allows the <blockquote> element to contain only other block-level elements (i.e. not an inline-level element).

Syntax

The basic syntax of the <blockquote> tag is given with:

HTML/XHTML: <blockquote cite="URL"> ... </blockquote>

The example below shows the <blockquote> tag in action.

<blockquote>
    <p>This is an example of a long quotation.</p>
</blockquote>

Tip: The <blockquote> tag is for long quotations (block-level content). For short quotations (inline-level content), use <q> tag that don't require paragraph breaks.

Tag-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to the <blockquote> tag.

Global Attributes

Like all other HTML tags, the <blockquote> tag supports the globlockquoteal Attributes in HTML5.

Event Attributes

The <blockquote> tag also supports the event Attributes in HTML5.

Browser Compatibility

Element
<blockquote>YesYesYesYesYes