I want to render a profile user container that contains a list of labels and their associated values.
Here is an excerpt of information and layout I'd like to display:
First Name.......MyName
Age...................MyAge
email................MyEmail
I know that there are tons of examples available but the problem is that it seems that there is no commonly accepted solution.
So far I have seen the following usage :
What is the most semantically correct? What is the easiest to display (in a 2-columns layout)? What do you advise me to use and for what reasons?
(html/css code snippets are more than welcomed)
I think the most semantically correct would be <dl>
, <dt>
and <dd>
, since what you're displaying are effectively definitions of first name, age and e-mail.
<dl>
<dt>First Name</dt>
<dd>Dominic</dd>
<dt>Age</dt>
<dd>24</dd>
<dt>E-mail</dt>
<dd>[email protected]</dd>
</dl>
However, obviously, the easiest way to display it in a table is using <table>
, <th>
and <td>
. You could hack together a table-layout using definition lists using something like this:
dt { float: left; clear: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold; }
dd { float: left; }
<dl>
<dt>First Name</dt>
<dd>Dominic</dd>
<dt>Age</dt>
<dd>24</dd>
<dt>E-mail</dt>
<dd>[email protected]</dd>
</dl>
More info on the <dl>
tag available here.