HTML dl Tag

HTML dl Tag specifies a description list. The word dl stands for description list. The description list contains terms and their description.

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Syntax of HTML dl Tag

The Syntax of HTML dl Tag is shown below, It has both starting and ending tags.


<dl>list</dl>

HTML dl Tag is used to make a description list.

HTML dl tag is used with dd tag and dt tag.

HTML dl tag is a block level element.

Simple example of HTML dl Tag is shown below.


<dl>
  <dt>HTML</dt>
  <dd>Hyper Text Markup Language</dd>
  <dt>CSS</dt>
  <dd>Cascading Style Sheet</dd>
</dl>

The output of above HTML code is shown below.

HTML dl Tag is supported by all major browsers including Safari and Internet Explorer.

The HTML dl Tag supports all Global Attributes.

The HTML dl Tag supports all Event Attributes.

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