DIR directory list HTML 2.0

DIR

Purpose

directory list

Description

This element encloses a directory list. The intent is that DIR creates lists of short items. Browsers would render this list in a series of columns. The appearance would therefore be more compact than a list made using LI. However, the DIR element was never rendered differently in many browsers and was rarely used. Use UL instead.

Start tag

Required <DIR>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
COMPACT	( COMPACT )	#IMPLIED	compact list style
SDAFORM	CDATA	#FIXED "List"	one to one mapping; in support of transformation to the International Committee for Accessible Document Design DTD for usable access to structured information by print-impaired individuals
SDAPREF	CDATA	#FIXED "<LHead>Directory</LHead>"	generated text prefix; in support of transformation to the International Committee for Accessible Document Design DTD for usable access to structured information by print-impaired individuals

Content

( LI )+ -( P | UL | OL | DIR | MENU | DL | PRE | BLOCKQUOTE | FORM | ISINDEX )

End tag

Required </DIR>

Referenced in

BLOCKQUOTE BODY DD DIR FORM LI MENU

Example

Source	Appearance
In the building are: <DIR> <LI>Brown's Bagel Shop <LI>Kyle's Copy Shop <LI>Styles by Deni <LI>Kim's Tax Service <LI>The Roof Lounge </DIR>	In the building are: Brown's Bagel Shop Kyle's Copy Shop Styles by Deni Kim's Tax Service The Roof Lounge