HTML - <dir> Tag



Description

The HTML <dir> tag is used for specifying a directory list. This is very similar to <ul> tag but now this is deprecated.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

   <head>
      <title>HTML dir Tag</title>
   </head>

   <body>
      <dir>
         <li>dir</li>
         <li>menu</li>
         <li>ul</li>
      </dir>
   </body>

</html>

This will produce the following result −

Global Attributes

This tag supports all the global attributes described in HTML Attribute Reference

Specific Attributes

The HTML <dir> tag also supports the following additional attributes −

Attribute Value Description
compact compact Deprecated − Specifies a compact rendering.

Event Attributes

This tag supports all the event attributes described in HTML Events Reference

Browser Support

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Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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