<dd> tag — TutorialBrain

HTML <dd> tag

The <dd> tag describes about the short term(i.e. <dt> element) in the description list.

You must –

Code the <dd> and <dt> element inside the <dl> tag
Code the <dt> element before the <dd> tag

Syntax:
<dd>text…</dd>

Example

<dl>
  <dt><b>AIR</b></dt>
  <dd>All India Radio (Broadcasting)</dd>
  <dt><b>CDMA</b></dt>
  <dd>Code Division Multiple Access</dd>
  <dt><b>DVD</b></dt>
  <dd>Digital Versatile Disk</dd>
  <dt><b>FAO</b></dt>
  <dd>Food and Agriculture Organisation</dd>
</dl>

Default CSS Value

display: block;
margin-left: 40px;

Difference between HTML4.01, XHTML and HTML5

HTML4	XHTML	HTML5
<dd> tag creates the definition list	None	<dd> tag creates the description list

Attributes used with <dd> tag

NONE

Global Attributes

The <dd> tag supports Global attributes.

Event Attributes

The <dd> tag supports Event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Related Tags

<dl> & <dt> tags.