Description Lists dl dt dd
Mark up term-definition pairs with description lists.
What Is a Description List?
A description list groups terms with their descriptions:
<dl>
<dt>HTML</dt>
<dd>HyperText Markup Language — the structure of the web.</dd>
<dt>CSS</dt>
<dd>Cascading Style Sheets — the presentation of the web.</dd>
<dt>JavaScript</dt>
<dd>The programming language of the web.</dd>
</dl>The dl, dt, and dd Elements
Three elements make up a description list:
<dl>— description list container<dt>— description term (the key)<dd>— description details (the value)
All lessons in this course
- Unordered Lists ul and li
- Ordered Lists ol start reversed type
- Description Lists dl dt dd
- Nested Lists and List Styling