<dt>: The Description Term element
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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>.
Try it
<p>Please use the following paint colors for the new house:</p> <dl> <dt>Denim (semigloss finish)</dt> <dd>Ceiling</dd> <dt>Denim (eggshell finish)</dt> <dt>Evening Sky (eggshell finish)</dt> <dd>Layered on the walls</dd> </dl> p, dl { font: 1rem "Fira Sans", sans-serif; } dl > dt { font-weight: normal; font-style: oblique; } dd { margin-bottom: 1rem; } 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. |
| 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 | No corresponding role |
| Permitted ARIA roles | listitem |
| DOM interface | HTMLElement Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element. |
Specifications
| Specification |
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| HTML # the-dt-element |
