Name
COMPACT — NN 3 IE 3 HTML 3.2
Synopsis
COMPACT
Optional
When set to true (by virtue of its presence in the
DL element tag), the COMPACT
Boolean attribute instructs the browser to render a related
DT and DD pair on the same line
if space allows. The criterion for determining this space (as worked
out in both Navigator and Internet Explorer) is related to the amount
of indentation normally assigned to a DD element
(indentation size differs slightly with operating system). With
COMPACT turned on, if the DT
element is narrower than the indentation space, the
DD element is raised from the line below and
displayed on the same line as its DT element.
Because the width of characters in proportional fonts varies so
widely, there is no hard-and-fast rule about the number of characters
of a DT element that lets the
DD element come on the same line. But this compact
styling is intended for DT elements consisting of
only a few characters.
Example
<DL COMPACT>ListItems</DL>Value
Case-insensitive attribute name. Its presence sets the feature to
true.
Default
false
Object Model Reference
- IE
[window.]document.all.elementID.compact
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