The DD object represents an HTML <dd> element.
We can access a <dd> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myDD");
Click the button to get the HTML content of the dd element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <dl> <dt>CSS</dt> <dd id="myDD">Cascading Style Sheets</dd> </dl>//from w w w. j a va 2 s . c o m <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myDD").innerHTML; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>