The MENU and DIR Tags
The MENU and DIR tags work exactly like the UL tag. One attribute shared by
UL, DIR, and MENU is the type attribute. It can take an argument of circle,
square, or disk. Here's an example of a MENU, DIR, and UL using circle,
square and disk, respectively.
MENU LIST USING TYPE=CIRCLE:
DIR LIST USING TYPE=SQUARE:
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
UL LIST USING TYPE=DISK:
- one
- two
- three
- four
- five
- six
- seven
- eight
- nine
- ten
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The student probably notices a bit of redundancy between these three tags.
It might be interesting for the student to do a bit of research to see if
there are any functional differences between these three tags. This is an
optional exercise.
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ASSIGNMENT:
This part is not optional. The student
will create two lists. One list will use the menu tag with type set as
square and the other list will use the dir tag with type set as circle. Each
list will be as long as is necessary to fit all its elements. The topic for
one list is: COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. The topic for the other list is: AMINO
ACIDS USED BY HUMANS TO MAKE PROTEIN (there are over three hundred amino
acids but only twenty or so are used to make protein in humans).