The <dfn> element specifies that the enclosed text is a definition. By default, the BlackBerry® Browser renders the enclosed text as italics.

Common attributes

The <dfn> element supports the class, dir, id, lang, style, and title attributes.

For more information, see Common attributes.

Event attributes

The <dfn> element supports the onclick, onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, and onmouseup events.

For more information, see HTML event attributes.