Testing the default padding/margin on <dl>

For some reason I'm getting about a 40px left margin on a <dl> element if it appears in a table cell. Eric Meyer wrote a great guide to <ul> list white space issues. This is an attempt to find out the same info for <dl> lists.

dl lists without a table

standard list

Definition title

Definition description

short

dt/dd

short

definition title but a long definition description

long definition title, but a short

dd

standard list, with html compact attribute

Definition title

Definition description

short

dt/dd

short

definition title but a long definition description

long definition title, but a short

dd

standard list with {display: compact;}

Definition title

Definition description

short

dt/dd

short

definition title but a long definition description

long definition title, but a short

dd

standard list with {display: compact;} and html compact

Definition title

Definition description

short

dt/dd

short

definition title but a long definition description

long definition title, but a short

dd

In a table