HTML Element: <q>
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The HTML <q> element indicates a short
quotation.
The
attributes it
can take (other than HTML global
attributes and HTML
event attributes) include:
Attribute
|
Description
|
More
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cite
|
URL which
explains the quote
|
Here
|
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>
<q>quoted text</q>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("Q");
x.textContent = "quoted text";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("quoted text");
// x.appendChild(txt);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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