Q Description:
The Q tag defines short quotations. This is an inline tag so you can use it to define quotations in the middle of paragraphs.
Q Web Browser Support:
HTML Versions
Q Attributes:
Q End Tag:
Q Contents:
CDATA Text. The following tags are valid within the Q tag:
a,
abbr,
acronym,
applet,
b,
basefont,
bdo,
big,
br,
button,
cite,
code,
dfn,
em,
font,
i,
iframe,
img,
input,
kbd,
label,
map,
object,
q,
s,
samp,
script,
select,
small,
span,
strike,
strong,
sub,
sup,
tt,
u,
var
Q Valid Context:
The Q tag is valid within the following tags:
a,
abbr,
acronym,
address,
applet,
b,
bdo,
big,
blockquote,
body,
button,
caption,
center,
cite,
code,
dd,
del,
dfn,
div,
dt,
em,
fieldset,
font,
form,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
i,
iframe,
ins,
kbd,
label,
legend,
li,
noframes,
noscript,
object,
p,
pre,
q,
s,
samp,
small,
span,
strike,
strong,
sub,
sup,
td,
th,
tt,
u,
var
Q Usage:
short quotation with citation
<q cite="http://www.quotableheinlein.com/html/home.html">All cats are black after midnight</q>
short quotation inside a paragraph:
<p>One of my favorite Heinlein quotations is <q>All cats are black after midnight</q>.</p>
Q Special Notes:
- The W3C HTML specification says that the Q tag should be rendered with opening and closing double-quotes. But Internet Explorer does not include them. You can still mark up your text with the Q tag, but your IE customers will not see the “ and ” marks before and afterward.
- The Q can be used with style sheets for display, or with external XML-like tools to record your use of quotations.
