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<Q Element | Q Object


Sets apart a quotation in text.HTML 4, 4.01, 5

HTML Syntax

Remarks

Browsers must ensure that the content of the Q element is rendered with delimiting quotation marks. Authors should not put quotation marks at the beginning and end of the content of a Q element.

Browsers should render quotation marks in a language-sensitive manner ( see the lang attribute ). Many languages adopt different quotation styles for outer and inner ( nested ) quotations, which should be respected by browsers.

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

Attributes

The <q> element supports the following attributes, in addition to global attributes common to all HTML elements.

AttributeValueDescription
citeURLSpecifies the source URL of the quote
See Also

BLOCKQUOTE


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