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On the <dl> I learned a few new-to-me things about the <dl> element from this article by Ben Meyer: A <dt> can be followed by multiple <dd> You can optionally group the <dt> and <dd> elements in a <di
On the I learned a few new-to-me things about the element from this article by Ben Meyer: A can be followed by multiple You can optionally group the and elements in a for styling - but only a . You can label them using ARIA. They've been called "description lists", not "definition lists", since an HTML5 draft in 2008. So this is valid: Credits Author Jeffrey Zeldman Ethan Marcotte Here's a useful note from Adrian Roselli on screen reader support for description lists. Via Hacker News Tags: css, html, screen-readers, web-standards
Source: Simon Willison | 2026-05-23