<dt>: The Description Term element
The <dt>
HTML element specifies a term in a description or definition list, and as such must be used inside a <dl>
element. It is usually followed by a <dd>
element; however, multiple <dt>
elements in a row indicate several terms that are all defined by the immediate next <dd>
element.
The subsequent <dd>
(Description Details) element provides the definition or other related text associated with the term specified using <dt>
.
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Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Examples
For examples, see the examples provided for the <dl>
element.
Technical summary
Content categories | None. |
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Permitted content |
Flow content, but with no <header> ,
<footer> , sectioning content or heading content
descendants.
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Tag omission |
The start tag is required. The end tag may be omitted if this element is
immediately followed by another <dt> element or a
<dd> element, or if there is no more content in
the parent element.
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Permitted parents |
A <dl> or (in WHATWG HTML,
W3C HTML 5.2 and later) a
<div> that is a child of a
<dl> .This element can be used before a <dd> or another <dt>
element.
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Implicit ARIA role | term |
Permitted ARIA roles | listitem |
DOM interface |
HTMLElement Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4)
inclusive, Firefox implements the
HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.
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Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # the-dt-element |
Browser compatibility
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