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title: description
slug: Mozilla/Tech/XUL/Attribute/description
tags:
  - XUL Attributes
translation_of: Archive/Mozilla/XUL/Attribute/description
---
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 <dt>
  <code id="a-description"><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/zh-CN/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XUL/Attribute/description">description</a></code></dt>
 <dd>
  Type:
  <i>
   string</i>
 </dd>
 <dd>
  Descriptive text to appear in addition to the dialog title.</dd>
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