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HTML q tag and element

1. HTML q element represents short inline quotation.

2. All modern browsers enclose the text contest of HTML q element with a pair of quotations.

Syntax

<q>text content</q> 

Category

HTML q element is an Inline element.

Whether both start and end tags are required

Yes.

Can contain

HTML q element can contain inline elements.

Can reside within

HTML q element can reside within inline as well as block level elements.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

cite.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of using HTML q element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html q tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Einstein said <q>Truth is what stands the test of experience.</q></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

html q element

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HTML q tag example.

Pictorial presentation

quote-example

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