The “definition list” (the <dl> tag and associates) is definitely one of the more underused, yet useful :HTML: tags around. How underused is it? Well, as far as I can remember, the first time I ever use a definition list was a few days ago when I added a page about formatting codes available in comments. I’ve been creating web pages since ‘95 or so and just now got around to using it.
Well, the great people at Max Design put out a very nice article about using definition lists. It talks about the tags involved, when it might be appropriate to use a definition list, and also gives a number of examples of different styling you can achieve with :CSS:.
Posted Thursday January 29, 2004
in (X)HTML and CSS by Chris Curtis
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Excellent! Especially considering that I just re-discovered that tag set myself two days ago. I used it once before, and it had something to do with the old Shadow Flight Star Wars d20 site I had for me gaming group, but for the life of me I can’t remember what I used them for. Dreamweaver is what suggested it for whatever I was doing.
By Derek Jones on January 29, 2004 at 04:29pm link