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Contents
  1. Example
  2. Browser Support
  3. 1. Definition and Usage
  4. 2. Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
  5. 3. Standard Attributes
  6. 4. Event Attributes
  7. Other HTML/XHTML tags:

Example

Description of items in a definition list:

<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

1. Definition and Usage

The <dd> tag is used to describe an item in a definition list.

The <dd> tag is used in conjunction with <dl> (defines the definition list) and <dt> (defines the item in the list).

Inside a <dd> tag you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, lists, etc.

2. Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

None

3. Standard Attributes

The <dd> tag supports the Standard Attributes in HTML.

4. Event Attributes

The <dd> tag also supports the Standard Event Attributes in HTML.

Other HTML/XHTML tags:

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