<dt> Description:
The <dt> element defines definition terms.
<dt> Web Browser Support:
- Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Mozilla 1
- Firefox 1
- Internet Explorer 2, 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
<dt> Attributes:
- class (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)
<dt> End Tag:
</dt> Optional in HTML 4.0. Required in XHTML.
Contents:
CDATA Usually plain text. The following tags are valid within the <dt> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var
<dt> Valid Context:
The <dt> tag is valid within the following tags:
dl
<dt> Usage:
- standard list
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
<dt> Special Notes:
- Typically, the definition term is just one or two words, however it can be as long as necessary.
- The closing tag </dt> is not required, but if you use style attributes it is a good idea.
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