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blockquote element | blockQuote object

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Sets apart a quotation in text.

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 9.2.2

Standards information

HTML information

Closing Tagrequired
CSS Displayblock

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

 Node
  Element
   HTMLElement
     blockQuote

Remarks

Examples

This example uses the BLOCKQUOTE element to set off a quotation that renders as indented text.

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<P>He said,
<BLOCKQUOTE>"Hi there!"</BLOCKQUOTE>

See also

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Build date: 3/8/2012

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Horrible example code - please use standards!
Please close all your tags and ensure they are in lower case.

<p>He said,
<blockquote>"Hi there!"</blockquote>
</p>
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