q

Form

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 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE4 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 6 or later][Netscape 6 or later]

Explanation

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

Related Tags

blockquote

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>
<p>
The opening passage of the Tale of the Heike is that <q>the sound of the Gion shoja bells</q>, isn't it. So, what's the one of the Tale of the Genji?
</p>
</body>
</html>

Reference

Specify a quotation mark