The HTML <dd>
element provides the details about or the definition of the preceding term (<dt>
) in a description list (<dl>
).
Content categories | None. |
---|---|
Permitted content | Flow content. |
Tag omission | The start tag is required. The end tag may be omitted if the <dd> element is immediately followed by another <dd> element, or if there is no more content in the parent element. |
Permitted parents | <dl> or (in WHATWG HTML) a <div> that is inside a <dl> . |
Previous sibling | <dt> or another <dd> element. |
Permitted ARIA roles | None |
DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Attributes
This element's attributes include the global attributes.
nowrap
- If the value of this attribute is set to
yes
, the definition text will not wrap. The default value isno
.
Example
For an example, see <dl> examples.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<dd>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
HTML5 The definition of '<dd>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | |
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<dd>' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
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Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Yes | Yes | 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
nowrap | Yes | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge mobile | Firefox for Android | IE mobile | Opera Android | iOS Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
nowrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1. Before Firefox 4, this element was implemented using the HTMLSpanElement
interface instead of HTMLElement
.
See also
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