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# Cite

The HTML `<cite>` tag, implemented in Ruby.

Feel free to check out the [component specs](https://github.com/matestack/matestack-ui-core/tree/829eb2f5a7483ef4b78450a5429589ec8f8123e8/spec/usage/components/cite_spec.rb) and see the [examples](#examples) below.

## Parameters

This component can take various optional configuration params and either yield content or display what gets passed to the `text` configuration param.

### Text (optional)

Expects a string which will be displayed as the content inside the `<cite>` tag.

### HMTL attributes (optional)

This component accepts all the canonical [HTML global attributes](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_standardattributes.asp) like `id` or `class`.

## Examples

### Example 1: Yield a given block

```ruby
cite id: "foo", class: "bar" do
  plain 'Hello World' # optional content
end
```

returns

```markup
<cite id="foo" class="bar">
  Hello World
</cite>
```

### Example 2: Render options\[:text] param

```ruby
cite id: "foo", class: "bar", text: 'Hello World'
```

returns

```markup
<cite id="foo" class="bar">
  Hello World
</cite>
```


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