HTML Lists
HTML offers web authors three ways for specifying lists of information. All lists must contain one or more list elements. Lists may contain:
- <ul> - An unordered list. This will list items using plain bullets.
- <ol> - An ordered list. This will use different schemes of numbers to list your items.
- <dl> - A definition list. This arranges your items in the same way as they are arranged in a dictionary.
HTML Unordered Lists
An unordered list is a collection of related items that have no special order or sequence. This list is created by using HTML <ul> tag. Each item in the list is marked with a bullet.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
The type Attribute
You can use type attribute for <ul> tag to specify the type of bullet you like. By default it is a disc. Following are the possible options:
<ul type="square"> <ul type="disc"> <ul type="circle">
Example
Following is an example where we used <ul type="square">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul type="square"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ul type="disc"> :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul type="disc"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ul type="circle"> :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul type="circle"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
HTML Ordered Lists
If you are required to put your items in a numbered list instead of bulleted then HTML ordered list will be used. This list is created by using <ol> tag. The numbering starts at one and is incremented by one for each successive ordered list element tagged with <li>.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
The type Attribute
You can use type attribute for <ol> tag to specify the type of numbering you like. By default it is a number. Following are the possible options:
<ol type="1"> - Default-Case Numerals. <ol type="I"> - Upper-Case Numerals. <ol type="i"> - Lower-Case Numerals. <ol type="a"> - Lower-Case Letters. <ol type="A"> - Upper-Case Letters.
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="1">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="1"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="I">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="I"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="i">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="i"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="A">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="A"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="a">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="a"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
The start Attribute
You can use start attribute for <ol> tag to specify the starting point of numbering you need. Following are the possible options:
<ol type="1" start="4"> - Numerals starts with 4. <ol type="I" start="4"> - Numerals starts with IV. <ol type="i" start="4"> - Numerals starts with iv. <ol type="a" start="4"> - Letters starts with d. <ol type="A" start="4"> - Letters starts with D.
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="i" start="4" >
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="i" start="4"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
HTML Definition Lists
HTML and XHTML support a list style which is called definition lists where entries are listed like in a dictionary or encyclopedia. The definition list is the ideal way to present a glossary, list of terms, or other name/value list.
Definition List makes use of following three tags.
- <dl> - Defines the start of the list
- <dt> - A term
- <dd> - Term definition
- </dl> - Defines the end of the list
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Definition List</title> </head> <body> <dl> <dt><b>HTML</b></dt> <dd>This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language</dd> <dt><b>HTTP</b></dt> <dd>This stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol</dd> </dl> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- HTML
- This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
- HTTP
- This stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
