<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>
.
Content categories | None. |
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Permitted content | Flow content, but with no <header> , <footer> , sectioning content or heading content descendants. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Examples
For examples, see the examples provided for the <dl>
element.
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard (HTML) # the-dt-element |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
dt |
Yes |
12 |
1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dt