blockquote

Form

<blockquote> ... </blockquote>

Attributes

attribute default description
id none specifies the unique ID
class none specifies the style sheet class
style none specifies the style sheet
cite none specifies the URL of the source of the quotation

Support

HTML 2, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 3 or later][Netscape 2 or later]

Explanation

The blockquote tag quotes long passages of text. For a short quotation, the <q> tag is used.

Related Tags

q__

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<blockquote>
Now have you ever heard of the loop quantum gravity theory?<br>
If you were cosmology lover, you may have ever seen it.<br>
According to the loop quantum gravity theory, a space is a set of points. In other words, we are only a set of points. We are treated just like a bit in a computer world.
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>