<dir>

Summary

The HTML directory element (<dir>) represents a directory, namely a collection of filenames.

DOM Interface

This element implements the {[domxref("HTMLDirectoryElement")}} interface.

Attributes

Like all other HTML elements, this element supports the global attributes.

compact

This Boolean attribute hints that the list should be rendered in a compact style. The interpretation of this attribute depends on the user agent and it doesn't work in all browsers.

Usage note: Do not use this attribute, as it has been deprecated: the <dir> element should be styled using CSS. To give a similar effect than the compact attribute, the CSS property line-height can be used with a value of 80%.

See also

• Other list-related HTML Elements: <ol>, <ul>, <li>, <menu>;
• CSS properties that may be specially useful to style the <dir> element:
  • The list-style property, useful to choose the way the ordinal is displayed.
  • CSS counters, useful to handle complex nested lists.
  • The line-height property, useful to simulate the deprecated compact attribute.
  • The margin property, useful to control the indent of the list.