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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Feb. 28, 2020
U.S. VECTOR EQUITY PORTFOLIO  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The investment objective of the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Portfolio shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 6% of the average value of its investment portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 6.00%
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent The “Management Fee” and “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” have been adjusted to reflect the decrease in the management fee payable by the Portfolio from 0.30% to 0.28% effective as of February 28, 2020.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock This Example is meant to help you compare the cost of investing in the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio purchases a broad and diverse group of securities of U.S. operating companies with a greater emphasis on small capitalization, value, and/or high profitability companies as compared to their representation in the U.S. Universe. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Advisor”) generally defines the U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Advisor. The Portfolio’s increased exposure to small capitalization, value, and/or high profitability companies may be achieved by decreasing the allocation of the Portfolio’s assets to the largest U.S. growth or low profitability companies relative to their weight in the U.S. Universe or by avoiding purchases in that segment of the market, either of which would result in a greater weight allocation to small capitalization, value, and/or high profitability companies. An equity issuer is considered a growth company primarily because it has a high price in relation to its book value. Securities are considered value stocks primarily because a company’s shares have a low price in relation to their book value. In assessing growth and value, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. In assessing profitability, the Advisor may consider different ratios, such as that of earnings or profits from operations relative to book value or assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing growth, value, or profitability are subject to change from time to time.

As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of U.S. companies. The percentage allocation of the assets of the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio to securities of the largest U.S. growth companies as defined above will generally be reduced from between 5% and 50% of their percentage weight in the U.S. Universe. For example, as of December 31, 2019, securities of the largest U.S. growth companies comprised 35% of the U.S. Universe and the Advisor allocated approximately 5% of the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio to securities of the largest U.S. growth companies. The percentage by which the Portfolio’s allocation to securities of the largest U.S. growth companies is reduced will change due to market movements and other factors. The Advisor may also adjust the representation in the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, size, value, profitability, investment characteristics, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate. In assessing a company’s investment characteristics, the Advisor may consider ratios such as recent changes in assets or book value scaled by assets or book value. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing a company’s investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. The Advisor may also adjust the representation in the Portfolio of an eligible company, or exclude a company, that the Advisor believes to be negatively impacted by environmental, social or governance factors (including accounting practices and shareholder rights) to a greater degree relative to other issuers.

The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio also may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices, to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio. The Portfolio does not intend to sell futures contracts to establish short positions in individual securities or to use derivatives for purposes of speculation or leveraging investment returns.

The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock Because the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money. An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The following is a description of principal risks of investing in the Portfolio.

Equity Market Risk: Even a long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit. Economic, market, political, and issuer-specific conditions and events will cause the value of equity securities, and the Portfolio that owns them, to rise or fall. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices.

Small Company Risk: Securities of small companies are often less liquid than those of large companies and this could make it difficult to sell a small company security at a desired time or price. As a result, small company stocks may fluctuate relatively more in price. In general, smaller capitalization companies are also more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments and they may have more limited resources.

Value Investment Risk: Value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a value-oriented investment strategy may cause the Portfolio to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.

Profitability Investment Risk: High relative profitability stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a profitability-oriented strategy may cause the Portfolio to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are instruments, such as futures contracts, and options thereon, whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates or indices. The use of derivatives for non-hedging purposes may be considered to carry more risk than other types of investments. When the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio uses derivatives, the Portfolio will be directly exposed to the risks of those derivatives. Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks including counterparty, liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, as well as the risk of improper valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Portfolio could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Securities Lending Risk: Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result, the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio could also lose money if it does not recover the securities and/or the value of the collateral falls, including the value of investments made with cash collateral. Securities lending also may have certain adverse tax consequences.

Operational Risk: Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances are outside the Advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. The Portfolio and the Advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.

Cyber Security Risk: The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s and its service providers’ use of internet, technology and information systems may expose the Portfolio to potential risks linked to cyber security breaches of those technological or information systems. Cyber security breaches, amongst other things, could allow an unauthorized party to gain access to proprietary information, customer data, or fund assets, or cause the Portfolio and/or its service providers to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney Because the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock The bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows the changes in the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s performance from year to year. The table illustrates how annualized one year, five year and ten year returns, both before and after taxes, compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. Updated performance information for the Portfolio can be obtained by visiting http://us.dimensional.com.

The after-tax returns presented in the table for the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Portfolio through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows the changes in the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s performance from year to year.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress http://us.dimensional.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture The U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio Institutional Class Shares—Total Returns
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock January 2010-December  2019

Highest Quarter    Lowest Quarter
15.34% (10/10–12/10)    -21.61% (7/11–9/11)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Annualized Returns (%) Periods ending December 31, 2019
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate The after-tax returns presented in the table for the U.S. Vector Equity Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Portfolio through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
U.S. VECTOR EQUITY PORTFOLIO | INSTITUTIONAL CLASS  
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) rr_ShareholderFeeOther none
Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.28% [1]
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.03% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.31% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 32
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 100
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 174
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 393
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 32
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 100
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 174
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 393
2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 25.12%
2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (4.56%)
2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 18.97%
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 40.21%
2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 6.51%
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 (5.03%)
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 21.01%
2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 14.64%
2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 (13.24%)
2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 26.09%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Highest Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2010
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 15.34%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Lowest Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Sep. 30, 2011
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (21.61%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 26.09%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 7.58%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.82%
U.S. VECTOR EQUITY PORTFOLIO | Return After Taxes on Distributions | INSTITUTIONAL CLASS  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 25.18%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 6.54%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.02%
U.S. VECTOR EQUITY PORTFOLIO | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Portfolio Shares | INSTITUTIONAL CLASS  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 16.05%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 5.80%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.72%
U.S. VECTOR EQUITY PORTFOLIO | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 31.02%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 11.24%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 13.42%
[1] The “Management Fee” and “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” have been adjusted to reflect the decrease in the management fee payable by the Portfolio from 0.30% to 0.28% effective as of February 28, 2020.