<blockquote> tag — TutorialBrain

HTML <blockquote> tag

To quote a block of text from another source, you can use the <blockquote> in HTML5.

In HTML4, you should use the <blockquote> element to to format a long quote text in a section.

Normally, it is also intended more (i.e. the content starts after some initial space) than its surrounding text.

Syntax:
<blockquote>Text….</blockquote>

Example

<blockquote cite="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockquote_element">
      The blockquote element is used to indicate the quotation of a large section of text from another source. Using the default HTML styling of most web browsers, it will indent the right and left margins both on the display and in printed form
    </blockquote>

Default CSS Values

display: block;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 40px;
margin-right: 40px;

How Browser will display

BLOCK Level.

Difference between HTML4.01, XHTML and HTML5

HTML4	XHTML	HTML5
In HTML4.01 <blockquote> tag specifies a long quotation	It should contain only block elements	In HTML5 <blockquote> tag defines a block of text to quoate from other source

Attributes used with <blockquote> tag

Attribute	Description
cite	To include the source URL of the quoted text of section.

Note/Warning/Info Normally, you should use the <blockquote> for long text of quotations. This is block level element.
For small text of quotation, you should consider using the <q> tag or <cite> tag. Both these tags are inline elements.

Global Attributes

The <blockquote> tag supports Global attributes.

Event Attributes

The <blockquote> tag supports Event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Related Tags

<q> & <cite> tags.