The HTML Elements reference.

"dl" - html element

  • This element defines a definition list.
  • Starttag <dl> is Required and endtag </dl> is Required
  • An entry in the list is created using the 'dt' element for the term being defined and the 'dd' element for the definition of the term.
  • Browsers that support the dl - element : Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera Google Chrome Apple Safari
Element "dl" example:
<html>
<head>
<title>Definition Lists</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Lists in HTML</h1>
<dl>
<dt>This element defines a term </dt>
<dd>This element provides the definition of
a term.</dd>
<dd>This element provides the definition of
 a term.</dd>
<dd>This element provides the definition of
a term.</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>


Attributes:
class , compact (deprecated), dir , id , lang , style , title

Attribute "class" value(s): A list of style class names that must be separated by white space characters.
  • This attribute assigns a style class name or set of style class names to an element. Any number of elements may be assigned the same class name or names.
  • You will find more about this in the CSS learning on this site.



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