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can I use definition lists just like unordered/ordered lists?
I mean insert DIVs any anything I want inside DT or DD?
<dl> <dt> ... </dt> <dd> ... </dd> </dl> Do any browsers, or search engines complain?
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The <dd> tag is used to describe a term/name in a description list. The <dd> tag is used in conjunction with <dl> (defines a description list) and <dt> (defines terms/names). Inside a <dd> tag you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, lists, etc.
This can be accomplished by adding a DIV element with the CSS overflow: hidden; around the content of the DD tag. You can omit this extra DIV , but the content of the DD tag will wrap under the floated DT .
The <dl> tag is used to specify (start) the definition list. This tag is commonly used to implement a glossary. You can put only <dt> and <dd> tags inside the <dl> tag. The <dt> tag is used to specify the definition terms or items in a definition list.
Definition list items ( dt and/or dd ) must be wrapped in parent dl elements to be valid. This enables screen reader users to understand the proper hierarchy of information in the list.
Updated answer based on comments:
This was originally answered in 2011 for HTML 4, but the answer is different for HTML5:
dtFlow content, but with no header, footer, sectioning content, or heading content descendants.ddFlow content.
Original answer:
DT elements should contain inline content.DD elements should contain block-level content.
Definition lists vary only slightly from other types of lists in that list items consist of two parts: a term and a description. The term is given by the DT element and is restricted to inline content. The description is given with a DD element that contains block-level content.
Source: W3C
This question is also an interesting read: Why use definition lists (DL,DD,DT) tags for HTML forms instead of tables?
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Inside a DL you can only put DT and DD tags. A DT tag is an inline tag, so you should not put block elements in it. A DD tag can contain basically anything you want, it's a flow content tag.
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