The <q> HTML element indicates that the enclosed text is a short inline quotation. Most modern browsers implement this by surrounding the text in quotation marks. This element is intended for short quotations that don't require paragraph breaks; for long quotations use the <blockquote> element.
<q>: The Inline Quotation element
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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
html
<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 accepts phrasing content. |
| Implicit ARIA role | generic |
| Permitted ARIA roles | Any |
| DOM interface | HTMLQuoteElement |
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # the-q-element |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
q |
1 | 12 | 1 | Yes | 15 | 3 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1.0 |
See also
- The
<blockquote>element for long quotations. - The
<cite>element for source citations.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/q