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8.3 The

  • Tag

    8.5 Directory Lists

    Chapter 8

    Formatted Lists

     

    8.5 Directory Lists

    The directory list is a specialized form of the unordered list. It has been deprecated in the new HTML

    4.0 standard. We don't recommend that you use it at all.
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      , 8.1]

      8.5.1 The

      Tag (Deprecated)
      The designers of HTML originally dedicated the tag for displaying lists of files. As such, the browser, if it treats and
        differently at all (most don't), expects the various list elements to be quite short, possibly no longer than 20 characters or so. Some browsers display the elements in a multicolumn format and may not use a leading bullet.


        Function:

        Define a directory list

        Attributes:

        CLASS ONKEYUP

        DIR ONMOUSEDOWN

        ID ONMOUSEMOVE

        LANG ONMOUSEOUT

        ONCLICK ONMOUSEOVER

        ONDBLCLICK ONMOUSEUP

        ONKEYDOWN STYLE

        ONKEYPRESS TITLE

        End tag:

        ; never omitted

        Contains:

        list_content

        Used in:

        block

        As with the unordered list, define directory list items with the

      • tag. When used within a directory list, however, the
      • tag may not contain any block element, including paragraphs, other lists, preformatted text, or forms.

        The following example puts the directory tag to its traditional task of presenting a list of filenames: The distribution tape has the following files on it:


      • README
      • Makefile
      • main.c
      • config.h
      • util.c

      • Notice that we use the tag to ensure that the filenames would be rendered in an appropriate
        manner (see Figure 8.8).

        Figure 8.8: An example

        list
        8.5.1.1 The attributes

        The attributes for the

        tag are identical to those for
          and have the same effects.

          8.4 Nesting Lists

          8.6 Menu Lists