<dir></dir>

<dir> Description:

The <dir> element defines a directory list. This element is deprecated in HTML 4.0 and XHTML 1.0.

<dir> Web Browser Support:

• Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• WebTV/MSN TV
• AvantGo Palm OS
• AvantGo Windows CE
• HTML 3.2, 4.0
• XHTML 1.0: XHTML Legacy Module

<dir> Attributes:

• class (optional)
• compact (optional)
• dir (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)
• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmousemove (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• style (optional)
• title (optional)

<dir> End Tag:

Contents:

List elements. The following tag is valid within the <dir> tag:
li

<dir> Valid Context:

The <dir> tag is valid within the following tags:
blockquote, body, button, center, dd, div, fieldset, form, iframe, li, noframes, noscript, object, td, th

<dir> Usage:

• a directory listing

  <dir>
  <li>bltags-basic-tags.htm</li>
  <li>bltags-block-tags.htm</li>
  <li>bltags-content-tags.htm</li>
  <li>bltags-list-tags.htm</li>
  <li>bltags-text-tags.htm</li>
  </dir>

<dir> Special Notes:

• This element has been deprecated in XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.0 in favor of unordered lists.

More <dir> Information:

• Lists

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