HTML Cite Tag

HTML Cite tag <cite> is used to classify a label or title for some work like book, painting, song etc.

In HTML 4.01 the Cite tag is used for citation whereas in HTML 5 Cite tag is used for labeling or providing title for some work as mentioned above.

Cite HTML tag <cite> is a closed tag needs closing Cite html tag </cite>

Note: Someone’s name can’t be used in HTML Cite tag as the name of a person is not title or label of work.

HTML Cite Tag Syntax

<cite>
Some title here
</cite>

HTML Cite Tag Example

HTML Cite Tag Code	Output
view source print? 1 <cite> 2 The Da Vinci Code</cite> is a great book by Dan Brown.	The Da Vinci Code is a great book by Dan Brown.

In the HTML Cite tag example above we can see that the name of the book “The Da Vinci Code” is rendered in a different format than the neighboring it as its wrapped in HTML Cite tag.

HTML Cite tag supports all HTML Global Attributes and HTML Event Attributes

HTML Cite Tag Supporting Browsers