Description

The <dt> (short for definition term) tag represent a term or an item in a definition list.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.

Parent:<dl>
Content:Inline and text
Start/ End Tag:Start tag: required, End tag: optional
Version:HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

Note: The <dt> element can only occur inside the definition list i.e. <dl> element and is restricted to inline-level content i.e. can't contain any block-level elements. It is usually followed by a <dd> element.

Syntax

The basic syntax of the <dt> tag is given with:

HTML/XHTML: <dt> ... </dt>

The example below shows the <dt> tag in action. 

<dl>
    <dt>term1</dt>
    <dd>– definition1</dd>
    <dt>term2</dt>
    <dd>– definition2</dd>
</dl>

Tag-Specific Attributes

The <dt> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.

Global Attributes

Like all other HTML tags, the <dt> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.

Event Attributes

The <dt> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.

Browser Compatibility

Element
<dt>YesYesYesYesYes