Q

Short Quotation Support Key: [2\|3\|3.2\|4] [X1\|X1.1] [*IE4\|M\|N6B1**\|O4]	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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Quick Statistics
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:		"inline"
CSS Mapping:		q:before { content: "\0022" } q:after { content: "\0022" } - OR - (for 2 levels of quote embedding) * { quotes: "\0022" "\0022" "'" "'" } q:before { content: open-quote } q:after { content: close-quote }
Default Rendering:		Quotes before and after the content
Official Docs:		HTML 4.x, XHTML 1.1

What is it?: This is a nestable, in-line character level element introduced to denote short quotations. Its use is recommended for quotations not requiring line breaks. The contents of the Q element should not include the quotation marks, as they should be added by the browser when displayed. This allows the dynamic use of quotation marks appropriate to the language or encoding system in use by the reader (quotation mark symbols vary between different language systems.) Minimal support for this element is to surround content in some form of quotes (such as plain ASCII double quotes.)

Common Attributes
%Core%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N6B1|O4]
%Accessibility%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6|O5]
%Events%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N6B1|O4]
%Language%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N|O]
%Editing%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE5.5|M|N|O]
Specific Attributes
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 in the specifications for exposing the functionality of this attribute to a reader.; Values: CDATA. [Either an absolute or relative URL. All URLs should be URL encoded where required.]

Tips & Tricks

If you wish to quote a long passage or something that requires paragraph breaks, the BLOCKQUOTE element is recommended instead of Q.
No suggestion is made in the specification of how or if the CITE attribute should be used by the reader.

Browser Peculiarities

DTD Note: [Test] IE 4+ supports this element, but only via its recognition. Common attributes will be applied to content, but nothing is done with the CITE attribute by the browser unless scripting is used to take action on its value.
Netscape and Opera add quotation marks around content. Internet Explorer does not.
[Test] Netscape and Opera and the added quotes thing: Spaces before AND after the begin tag are honored, which seems to be counter to how they are usually treated for other elements (for an example try "test <q> hello </q> test" and compare the result to the same test using the U element.)
[Test] The CITE attribute is exposed in Netscape 6.1+ by invoking a context menu on the element (PC: right clicking) and choosing "properties."

Short Quotation