HTML Element: <blockquote>
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The HTML <blockquote> element indicates a
section that is quoted from another source. Browsers often indent text in such
elements (typically a <q>
element is used for an in-line quotation and isn’t indented).
The attributes it can take
(other than HTML
global attributes and HTML event attributes)
include:
Attribute
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Description
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More
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cite
|
URL which
explains the quote / deleted / inserted text
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Here
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To create or access such
an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods, and additional properties with the same name and
meaning as the attributes of the underlying HTML element referred to above. The
default style applicable to this element is shown here.
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<blockquote>blockquote text</blockquote>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("BLOCKQUOTE");
x.textContent = "blockquote text";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("blockquote text");
// x.appendChild(txt);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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