<dl></dl>

<dl> Description:

The <dl> element defines definition lists.

<dl> Web Browser Support:

• Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 3, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• WebTV/MSN TV
• AvantGo Palm OS
• AvantGo Windows CE
• HTML 3.2, 4.0
• XHTML 1.0: XHTML List Module

<dl> Attributes:

• class (optional)
• compact (optional)
• dir (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)
• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmousemove (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• style (optional)
• title (optional)

<dl> End Tag:

</dl> REQUIRED

Contents:

List elements. The following tags are valid within the <dl> tag:
dd, dt

<dl> Valid Context:

The <dl> tag is valid within the following tags:
body

<dl> Usage:

• standard list

  <dl>
  <dt>term</dt>
  <dd>definition</dd>
  <dt>term</dt>
  <dd>definition</dd>
  </dl>

• compact list

  <dl compact="compact"> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd>
  </dl>

<dl> Special Notes:

• The compact attribute displays differently on different browsers. Always check the look before using it.
• While some editors use the dl tags to indent text, this is not a syntactically correct use of HTML. Use style sheets instead.
• Definition lists are most commonly used in glossary's and indexes, but can be used anywhere that a short section of text is followed by a longer segment.
• The dl list is an easy way to create custom bullets. Simply place an icon image after the dt tag.

More <dl> Information:

• <dd></dd>
• <dt></dt>
• Lists

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