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Definition and Usage

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Standard Syntax:<dir>...</dir>

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Try it Yourself

Live code demonstration for the <dir> tag. Click "Try it Yourself" to edit and experiment in real time.

<div style="font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; padding: 16px; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #0f172a;">
<ul>

       
      <li>html</li>

       
      <li>xhtml</li>

       
      <li>css</li>

      </ul>
</div>

Attributes for <dir>

0 Supported Attributes

The <dir> tag does not have tag-specific attributes. It supports all standard Global Attributes.

Global Attributes

The <dir> tag also supports the standard global attributes in HTML, including class, id, style, title, hidden, and data-*.

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Event Attributes

The <dir> tag supports event attributes in HTML, such as onclick, onmouseover, onfocus, and more.

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Browser Compatibility

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<dd>The <dd> tag is used to describe a term/name in a description list.<dl>The <dl> tag defines a description list.<dt>The <dt> tag defines a term/name in a description list.<li>The <li> tag defines a list item.<menu>The <menu> tag defines an unordered list of content.<ol>The <ol> tag defines an ordered list. An ordered list can be numerical or alphabetical.

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