HTML | DOM Quote cite Property

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025

The HTML DOM Quote cite Property is used to set or return the cite attribute of a quotation. The cite attribute specifies the source URL of a quotation. Syntax:

It returns the cite property.
```
quoteObject.cite 
```
It is used to set the cite property
```
quoteObject.cite = URL 
```

Property Values: It contains single value URL which is used to specify the URL of the quotation. The possible value of the URL are:

Absolute URL: It is used to point out other websites (like cite. ="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/")
Relative URL: It is used to point out the page within the website. (like ="page.html")

Return Value: It returns string value which representing the URL of the source document. Example 1:

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title> 
            HTML DOM Quote cite Property 
        </title> 
    </head> 
    
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        
        <h2>DOM Quote cite Property</h2> 
        
        <q id = "GFG" cite = "geeksforgeeks.org"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </q> 
        <br><br> 

        <button onclick = "Geeks()"> 
            Submit 
        </button> 
        
        <p id = "sudo"></p> 
        
        <script> 
            function Geeks() { 
                var ct = document.getElementById("GFG").cite; 
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = ct; 
            } 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the Button:
After clicking on the Button:

Example 2:

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title> 
            HTML DOM Quote cite Property 
        </title> 
    </head> 
    
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        
        <h2>DOM Quote cite Property</h2> 
        
        <q id = "GFG" cite = "Finecomb.com"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </q> 
        <br><br> 

        <button onclick = "Geeks()"> 
            Submit 
        </button> 
        
        <p id = "sudo"></p> 
        
        <script> 
            function Geeks() { 
                var ct = document.getElementById("GFG").cite
                         = "www.geeksforgeeks.org"; 

                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
                     = "The cite was changed to " + ct; 
            } 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the Button:
After clicking on the Button:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM Quote cite Property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

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