HTML Tag <BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE> Provides left and right indention of affected text and is useful for quoting a direct source within a document. Use for indention is deprecated. Use <BLOCKQUOTE> to signify only a block quotation.

Attribute of <BLOCKQUOTE> Tag

• CITE
• CLASS
• ID
• STYLE
• TITLE

CITE

Specifies a reference URL for the quotation.

<BLOCKQUOTE
CITE="http://www.cs-tutorial.com/
login.html">
Welcome to CS Tutorial
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Possible Values

URL

CLASS

Indicates which style class applies to the <BLOCKQUOTE> element.

<BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="casual">
Twas the night before Christmas--
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Possible Values

Class Name that you define.

ID

Assigns a unique ID selector to an instance of the <BLOCKQUOTE> tag. When you then assign a style to that ID selector, it affects only that one instance of the <BLOCKQUOTE> tag.

On July 12, John wrote a profound
sentence in his diary:
<BLOCKQUOTE ID="quote">I woke up this
morning at nine and it was raining.
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Possible Values

ID Name that you define.

STYLE

Specifies Style Sheet commands that apply to the contents within the <BLOCKQUOTE> tags.

<BLOCKQUOTE STYLE="background: red">

Possible Values

CSS property with value.

TITLE

Specifies text assigned to the tag. You might use this attribute for context-sensitive help within the document. Browsers may use this to show tool tips over the quoted text.

<BLOCKQUOTE TITLE="Quotation">

Possible Values

Any text value.