<q>: The Inline Quotation element

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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.

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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

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See also