Note: This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.
Sets or retrieves reference information about the object.
Syntax
| HTML | <ELEMENT CITE
= sCitation... >
|
|---|
| Scripting | [ sCitation = ] object.cite [ = v ] |
|---|
Possible Values
| sCitation | String that
specifies or receives reference information. |
The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
cite was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
This property is designed to point to information (e.g., a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)) that explains why a document was changed,
or about the source of a quotation.
There is no functionality implemented for this property unless defined by the author.
Example
The example shows the use of the cite property.
<HTML>
<BODY>
<Q id="greatQuote" cite="http://www.Shakespeare.the.great.com">
To Be or Not to Be, That is the Question</Q>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Standards Information
This property is defined in
HTML 4.0 
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To