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HTML: <dd> Tag

The HTML <dd> element (HTML Description Element) is used to indicate the description of a term within a description list (dl) element. This element can only appear as a child of a description list element and must follow a <dt> element.

Online Example

Description list with items and descriptions:

Example

!doctype html
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML5　dd tag usage (Basic Tutorial Website oldtoolbag.com)</title>
</head>
<body>
<dl>
　　<dt>Term1</dt>
　　<dd>Description of Term1<dd>
　　<dt>Term2</dt>
　　<dd>Description of Term2<dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>

Test to see ‹/›

In this HTML5In the document example, we created a list containing2a list of descriptions for terms (Term1 and Term2and their corresponding descriptions are located within the <dd> tag.

Browser Compatibility

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All major browsers support the <dd> tag.

Tag Definitions and Usage Instructions

<dd> tag is used to describe an item in a description list/name.

<dd> tag is used to describe <dl> (define a description list) and <dt> (definition item/together with the name).

Within the <dd> tag, you can place paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, lists, and more.

For each group in the description list (i.e., term/descriptions (pair), there must be at least one <dt> tag followed by at least one <dd> tag. This means you can list:

a single term followed by a single description
a single term followed by multiple descriptions
multiple terms followed by a single description
multiple terms followed by multiple descriptions

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Global Attributes

<dd> tag supports HTML Global Attributes.

Event Attributes

<dd> tag supports HTML Event Attributes.

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