DIR

Description

The DIR element defines an unordered list consisting of a number of

single-line <LI> elements.

Minimum Attributes

All Possible Attributes

<DIR COMPACT

LANG="..."

DIR=ltr|rtl

ALIGN=center|left|right|justify>

</DIR>

Elements Allowed Within...

element

but not any member of group

Allowed In Content Of...

Any element that permits members of group

Variations

This list type is not commonly implemented, and

is often rendered identically to UL.

RFC 1866 specifies that the content of the LI element of the

DIR list is usually less than 20 characters in length.

These may be arranged in columns across the page,

each column typically as 24 characters wide.

Specifying <UL PLAIN WRAP=HORIZ> is proposed

in Version 3 as a replacement for the DIR element.

The exclusion in RFC 1866 of group block within DIR implies

(among other things) that DIR can contain no nested lists,

nor any paragraphs even though the LI element normally would allow this.

Some browsers do not enforce this exclusion.

The LANG and DIR attributes are introduced with the

internationalization proposal.

The internationalization proposal also includes

ALIGN=center|left|right|justify

All list elements are Level 0.