Summary -

In this topic, we described about the <blockquote> tag along with detailed example.

Blockquote element is used to define a quote section. The <blockquote> tag is used to indicate long quotations. Blockquote element uses <blockquote> tag.

Any text in between <blockquote>..</blockquote> defines as blockquote section to browsers. <blockquote> element is nested element. Browsers will take care of <blockquote> indentation.

<q> tag can be used, if short quote needs to be displayed within a normal paragraph. The <blockquote> tag defines a long quotation in HTML 4.01. The <blockquote> tag specifies a section that is quoted from another source in HTML5.

Syntax -

<blockquote>.. text here.. </blockquote>

Optional Attributes -

AttributeDescriptionValues
citeSpecifies the link to the source of the quotation.URL.

Example -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title> Blockquote element example.. </title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<blockquote> TutorialsCampus objective is to deliver the point 
		to point online content on various technologies (including 
		technical and non-technical)to encourage the reader to learn and
		gain expertise on their desired skills without anyconditions and
		restrictions... </blockquote>
	</body>
</html>

Output -

TutorialsCampus objective is to deliver the point to point online content on various technologies (including technical and non-technical) to encourage the reader to learn and gain expertise on their desired skills without any conditions and restrictions...