HTML dir compact Attribute

HTML <dir> tag

Definition and Usage

The compact attribute specifies that the spacing between lines and indentation of the list should be reduced.

Compatibility Notes

The compact attribute of the del element was deprecated in HTML 4.01 and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

Use CSS instead.

There is no CSS property that does the exact same thing that the compact attribute was supposed to do. However, the line-height property could be a suitable replacement.

CSS syntax: <dir style="line-height: 100%">

In our CSS tutorial you can find more details about the line-height property.

Syntax

<dir compact="compact">

Attribute Values

Browser Support

The attribute is deprecated, not supported by major browsers, and should be avoided.

Example

<dir compact="compact">
<li>Peter Griffin</li>
<li>Glenn Quagmire</li>
<li>Cleveland Brown</li>
</dir>

Try-It-Yourself Demos

dir compact attribute example
Make the directory list more compact using the dir compact attribute.

In CSS: dir list line-height example
Make the directory list more compact using CSS.

HTML <dir> tag

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