Rob Schlüter HTML tag list: BLOCKQUOTE

Description

This is used to enclose larger quotations from other works in the page. It is often rendered indented. Use this element for longer quotations and the CITE element for short quotations.

The WebTv browser defines an alias for this element, the BQ element.

DTD

<!ELEMENT BLOCKQUOTE - - (%block;|SCRIPT)+ -- long quotation -->
<!ATTLIST BLOCKQUOTE
  %attrs;                              -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events --
  cite        %URI;          #IMPLIED  -- URI for source document or msg --
  >

from the HTML 4.0 DTD, "Copyright © World Wide Web Consortium, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All Rights Reserved."

Attributes

Core attributes: class id style title
Internationalization attributes: dir lang
Events: onclick ondblclick onmousedown onmouseup onmouseover onmousemove onmouseout onkeypress onkeydown onkeyup

cite
The value of this attribute is a URI that points to a resource where there's additional information about the quotation.

Examples

First some text to start with. <BLOCKQUOTE>Here is a piece of text inside the blockquote element, to show you what this element actually does.</BLOCKQUOTE> And finally, the rest of the text.

First some text to start with.
Here is a piece of text inside the blockquote element, to show you what this element actually does.
And finally, the rest of the text.