<dd>: The Description Details element

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The <dd> HTML element provides the description, definition, or value for the preceding term (<dt>) in a description list (<dl>).

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Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

For examples, see the examples provided for the <dl> element.

Technical summary

Content categories None.
Permitted content Flow content.
Tag omission The start tag is required. The end tag may be omitted if this element is immediately followed by another <dd> element or a <dt> element, or if there is no more content in the parent element.
Permitted parents A <dl> or a <div> that is a child of a <dl>.
This element can be used after a <dt> or another <dd> element.
Implicit ARIA role No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles No role permitted
DOM interface HTMLElement

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# the-dd-element

Browser compatibility

See also