Blockquote

Support Key: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE1|M1|N1|O2.1]
What is it?
Attributes
Tag Example
Parent/Content Model
Tips & Tricks
Browser Peculiarities
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End Tag:
   Required
Standards Details:
HTML: In all 4.x DTDs
XHTML: In all 1.0 and 1.1 DTDs
XHTML Modules:
Text
CSS 'display' Type:
"block"
CSS Mapping:
margin-left, margin-right
Default Rendering:
Block with left and also possible right indentation
Official Docs:
HTML 4.x, XHTML 1.1
What is it?
The Blockquote element usually indicates content quoted from another source. This block element should be used ideally only when the quotation is longer and will likely span several lines (for shorter, in-line quotations using the Q element is suggested.)

Common Attributes
%Core%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE3|M|N4B2|O3.5]
%Accessibility%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6|O5]
%Events%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6B1|O4]
%Language%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N6B1|O]
%Editing%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE5.5|M|N|O]

Specific Attributes
Align
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O4]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This indicates the horizontal alignment of the content in this block element relative to the browser window.
Values: Left [DEFAULT] | Center | Right
Cite
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N6.1|O]
Standards Details: In all HTML 4.x/XHTML DTDs
Required? No
Description:
Indicates the source URL of the quotation. No rendering directions are given for this attribute.
Values: CDATA. [Either an absolute or relative URL. All URLs should be URL encoded where required.]
Clear
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N|O4-6.x]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute helps an author in situations with floating objects (images, tables, etc.) produced through the Left and Right ALIGN attributes. It allows content to stop being flowed around the floated element.
Values:
   None [DEFAULT - No special line breaking effects are applied relative to the floating element.]
   Left [breaks line after this element and moves down vertically until the left margin is clear of floated objects.]
   Right [breaks line after this element and moves down vertically until the right margin is clear of floated objects.]
   All [breaks line after this element and moves down vertically until both margins are clear of floated objects.]
Height
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O4-6.x]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute explicitly specifies the height of this block element in pixels.
Values: Positive integers.
SDAForm
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This is an SGML Document Access (SDA) attribute. SDA attributes are designed to transform HTML (and other SGML-based documents) to the ICADD DTD - which is used in creating accessible documents for users with visual disabilities (rendering in Braille, large print, speech synthesis, etc.) The attribute value specifies the name of the element to convert this element to in the SDA element group (in this case the 'BQ' element - "block quotation".)
Value: BQ (Denotes 'block quotation' in SDA.)
Type
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N4|O]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute specifies the quoting style to be used. Attribute appears to be designed to serve for the Netscape mail client to display quoted content in HTML and plain text modes.
Values:
Cite HTML mail style quoting, displaying as a blue vertical bar on the left hand side of the quoted block.
Jwz This is used by Netscape for plain text mode mail quoting, displaying each new line with a ">." character preceding it. This value appears to have only been supported in NN4.x. (Aside: the 'jwz' string may actually refer to a prominent ex-Netscape employee named Jamie Zawinski who even has his own Usenet newsgroup.)
Width
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O4-6.x]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute explicitly specifies the width of this block element in pixels.
Values: Positive integers.
Markup example and Tests
<blockquote cite="http://www.example.com/bqcitation.htm">blockquote text</blockquote>
Parent Model
%Block Parent%
Content Model
%In-line Content% | %Block Content%
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