dd Element

 

Module

The dd element is declared by the XHTML 1.1 List Module

Elements in the List Module are:
ul | ol | li | dl | dt | dd

Description

The dd element encloses the definition of a term within a definition list (see the dl element).

dd can contain block level elements as well as inline elements and text, as shown in its Content Model. This is in contrast to the definition term, dt, which may contain only inline elements and text.

#REQUIRED Attributes

There are no #REQUIRED attributes on the dd element.

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Specific Attributes

There are no specific attributes declared on the dd element.

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Common Attributes

From the Core Attribute Collection

class [ type NMTOKENS ]

One or more space separated classes

id [ type ID ]

A unique identifier for the element

style [ type CDATA ], from the Style Attribute Module (deprecated)

Element-specific styles

title [ type Text ]

Descriptive title for the element (in some user agents this may appear as a "tooltip" when the mouse hovers over the element)

xmlns [ type URI - #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' ]

XML namespace

From the I18N Attribute Collection

dir [ type Enumeration (ltr | rtl) ], from the Bi-directional Text Module

Left-to-right or right-to-left directionality

xml:lang [ type LanguageCode ]

A language code for the element

From the Events Attribute Collection

All attributes in the Events Attribute Collection are supported:
onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

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Content Model

The Content Model for the dd element is:

( #PCDATA | Flow.mix )*

See Content Model & Nesting for information about Content Model syntax and Nesting Groups.

Valid children of dd

• #PCDATA
• From the Text Module: abbr, acronym, address, blockquote, br, cite, code, dfn, div, em, h1 - h6, kbd, p, pre, q, samp, span, strong, var
• From the Hypertext Module: a
• From the List Module: dl, ol, ul
• From the Tables Module: table
• From the Forms Module: button, fieldset, form, input, label, select, textarea
• From the Images Module: img
• From the Presentation Module: b, big, hr, i, small, sub, sup, tt
• From the Client-side Image Map Module: map
• From the Scripting Module: noscript, script
• From the Edit Module: del, ins
• From the Bi-directional Text Module: bdo
• From the Object Module: object
• From the Ruby Annotation Module: ruby

Valid parents of dd

• From the List Module: dl