Add an ID to a definition list term

[Misty Stanley-Jones]

Hi,

I am trying to add an iD to a definition list term and not having any luck. Given a list like this:

### My List

Item 1

: Something about item 1

Item 2

: Something about item 2

<a href="#item_1">Link to item 1</a>

<a href="#item_2">Link to item 2</a>

I can't figure out where to put the {:#item_1} to make "Item 1"'s resulting <dt> to have an ID. I have tried a few things:

Attempt 1:

### My List

{:#item_1)

Item 1

: Something about item 1

{:#item_1)

Item 2

: Something about item 2

<a href="#item_1">Link to item 1</a>

<a href="#item_2">Link to item 2</a>

This puts the ID only on the <dl> and not on the <dt>. Therefore the second list item doesn't get an ID at all.

Attempt 2 and 2a:

### My List

{:#item_1) Item 1

: Something about item 1

Item 2 {:#item_1) 

: Something about item 2

<a href="#item_1">Link to item 1</a>

<a href="#item_2">Link to item 2</a>

This actually renders {:item_1} and {:item_2} as part of the <dt> text. Yes, the same thing happens if I have it at the beginning or the end of the line.

Attempt 3:

### My List

Item 1

{:#item_1) 

: Something about item 1

Item 2

{:#item_1) 

: Something about item 2

<a href="#item_1">Link to item 1</a>

<a href="#item_2">Link to item 2</a>

This short-circuits the list creation and renders the list items as paragraphs instead.

Attempt 4:

### My List

Item 1 

: {:#item_1) Something about item 1

Item 2 

: {:#item_1) Something about item 2

<a href="#item_1">Link to item 1</a>

<a href="#item_2">Link to item 2</a>

This is the closest to what I want, but links to the <dd> instead of to the <dt>.

Does anybody have any idea what secret sauce I may be missing?

Thanks,

Misty

[Thomas Leitner]

On 2016-04-08 13:21 -0700 Misty Stanley-Jones wrote:
> I am trying to add an iD to a definition list term and not having any
> luck. Given a list like this:

This is currently not possible with kramdown.

-- Thomas