[thelist] Definition lists?
aardvark
evolt at roselli.org
Mon Oct 26 08:50:45 CDT 2009
On 26 Oct 2009 at 8:32, Susan Payne wrote:
> When do you find these semantically appropriate?
>
> I inherited some legacy code where they are used for a FAQ and I'm not
> feeling too good about this.
how are they used?
<dl>
<dt>FAQ question thinger?</dt>
<dd>Overly verbose and ultimately useless answer that tells you what
you already know.</dd>
</dl>
(don't let my judgment of most FAQs offend you)
in that context, i think they are perfectly appropriate and probably
a better choice, semantically and structurally, than <p> or <li>...
i use them all the time for similar purposes... I often use them with
a news index where the <dt> indicates the title and the <dd> contains
the abstract and/or date...
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