: The Inline Quotation element - HTML | MDN (original) (raw)

Try it

<p>
  When Dave asks HAL to open the pod bay door, HAL answers:
  <q
    cite="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/quotes/?item=qt0396921&ref_=ext_shr_lnk">
    I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
  </q>
</p>
q {
  font-style: italic;
}

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

cite

The value of this attribute is a URL that designates a source document or message for the information quoted. This attribute is intended to point to information explaining the context or the reference for the quote.

Examples

<p>
  According to Mozilla's website,
  <q cite="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/history/details/">
    Firefox 1.0 was released in 2004 and became a big success.
  </q>
</p>

Result

Technical summary

Content categories Flow content,phrasing content, palpable content.
Permitted content Phrasing content.
Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents Any element that acceptsphrasing content.
Implicit ARIA role generic
Permitted ARIA roles Any
DOM interface HTMLQuoteElement

Specifications

Specification
HTML # the-q-element

Browser compatibility

See also