Aquileo | HTML cite attribute

The HTML cite attribute is used to specify the URL of the document that explains the quotes, message, or text that describes why the text was inserted.
This attribute can be used with the following elements:

Attribute Values:

URL: it contains the value i.e URL which specifies the source of the quotation.

Possible Values:

absolute URL: It points to another website.
relative URL: It points to a file within a website.

Below example illustrates the cite attribute in HTML:

Example: In this example we uses the cite attribute to reference a source URL for the deleted text, highlighting changes with del and ins tags, styled for visual distinction.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        HTML cite Attribute
    </title>

    <style>
        del {
            color: red;
        }

        ins {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body style="text-align:center;">

    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>

    <h2>
        HTML cite Attribute
    </h2>

    <p>
        GeeksforGeeks is a
        <del id="GFG" cite="www.geeksforgeeks.org">
            mathematical
        </del>
        <ins> computer</ins> science portal
    </p>

</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML cite attribute are listed below:

HTML cite attribute

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