Clarification to description list

[scottaohara]

the valid dl elements point of failure states:

Any <dl> elements must only contain <dt> and <dd> elements.

But, <div> elements are also allowed so long as they contain <dt> and <dd> elements.

[MelSumner]

@scottaohara hmm I thought you had to put the div inside of the dt or dd?

At any rate, thanks for bringing this up!

[scottaohara]

@MelSumner dl element per the HTML spec

example from the dl element definition:

The following example illustrates the use of the dl element to mark up metadata of sorts. At the end of the example, one group has two metadata labels ("Authors" and "Editors") and two values ("Robert Rothman" and "Daniel Jackson"). This example also uses the div element around the groups of dt and dd element, to aid with styling.

<dl>
 <div>
  <dt> Last modified time </dt>
  <dd> 2004-12-23T23:33Z </dd>
 </div>
 <div>
  <dt> Recommended update interval </dt>
  <dd> 60s </dd>
 </div>
 <div>
  <dt> Authors </dt>
  <dt> Editors </dt>
  <dd> Robert Rothman </dd>
  <dd> Daniel Jackson </dd>
 </div>
</dl>

[MelSumner]

ok, good to know; I think some checkers flag this (and I've definitely asked for changes on PRs if this was the markup).

I did think that ARIA was supposed to take precedence if there was something different in the HTML spec though? WDYT?

[scottaohara]

I don’t understand the question? There’s nothing in aria about description lists yet.