HTML <cite> tag

HTML <cite> tag specifies a citation, it provides reference or title to a creative work, quoted content, books, websites, a research paper, a blog-spot, painting, etc.

The main purpose of adding <cite> element is to provide or identify the source of the quote or any content.

The content written between <cite> tag renders in the italic form on the browser, and it can be overridden using CSS in your HTML document.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <cite> tag

Example:

Output:

Attribute

Tag-specific attribute

HTML <cite> tag does not contain any specific attribute.

Global Attribute

HTML <cite> tag supports all Global attributes in HTML

Event Attribute

HTML <cite> tag supports all Event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<cite>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes