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<dd>: The Description Details element

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's attributes include the global attributes.

nowrap Non-standard Deprecated

If the value of this attribute is set to yes, the definition text will not wrap. The default value is no.

Examples

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

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
dd 1 12
1Before Firefox 4, this element was implemented using the HTMLSpanElement interface instead of HTMLElement.
Yes 15 ≤4 4.4 18 4 14 ≤3.2 1.0
nowrap 1 12 1 Yes 15 ≤4 4.4 18 4 14 ≤3.2 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dd