HTML Lists
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>An Unordered HTML List</h2>
<ul>
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<h2>An Ordered HTML List</h2>
<ol>
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
An Unordered HTML List
- butter
- panner
- Milk
An Ordered HTML List
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Unordered HTML List
An unordered list starts with the <ul> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.
The list items will be marked with bullets (small black circles) by default:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>An unordered HTML list</h2>
<ul>
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
An unordered HTML list
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Unordered HTML List - Choose List Item Marker
The CSS list-style-type property is used to define the style of the list item marker:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| disc | Sets the list item marker to a bullet (default) |
| circle | Sets the list item marker to a circle |
| square | Sets the list item marker to a square |
| none | The list items will not be marked |
Example - Disc
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List with Disc Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
Unordered List with Disc Bullets
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Example - Circle
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List with Circle Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:circle">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
Unordered List with Circle Bullets
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Example - Square
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List with Square Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:square">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
Unordered List with Square Bullets
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Example - None
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List without Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:none">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
Unordered List without Bullets
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Ordered HTML List
An ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.
The list items will be marked with numbers by default:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>An ordered HTML list</h2>
<ol>
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
An ordered HTML list
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Ordered HTML List - The Type Attribute
The type attribute of the <ol> tag, defines the type of the list item marker:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| type="1" | The list items will be numbered with numbers (default) |
| type="A" | The list items will be numbered with uppercase letters |
| type="a" | The list items will be numbered with lowercase letters |
| type="I" | The list items will be numbered with uppercase roman numbers |
| type="i" | The list items will be numbered with lowercase roman numbers |
Numbers:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Ordered List with Numbers</h2>
<ol type="1">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
Ordered List with Numbers
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Uppercase Letters:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Ordered List with Letters</h2>
<ol type="A">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
Ordered List with Letters
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Lowercase Letters:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Ordered List with Lowercase Letters</h2>
<ol type="a">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
Ordered List with Lowercase Letters
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Uppercase Roman Numbers:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Ordered List with Roman Numbers</h2>
<ol type="I">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
Ordered List with Roman Numbers
- butter
- panner
- Milk
Lowercase Roman Numbers:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Ordered List with Lowercase Roman Numbers</h2>
<ol type="i">
<li>butter</li>
<li>panner</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Result
Ordered List with Lowercase Roman Numbers
- butter
- panner
- Milk
HTML Description Lists
HTML also supports description lists.
A description list is a list of terms, with a description of each term.
The <dl> tag defines the description list, the <dt> tag defines the term (name), and the <dd> tag describes each term:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>A Description List</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>
Result
A Description List
- Coffee
- - black hot drink
- Milk
- - white cold drink
Nested HTML Lists
List can be nested (lists inside lists):
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>A Nested List</h2>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
A Nested List
- Coffee
- Tea
- Black tea
- Green tea
- Milk
Horizontal Lists
HTML lists can be styled in many different ways with CSS.
One popular way is to style a list horizontally, to create a menu:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333333;
}
li {
float: left;
}
li a {
display: block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: #111111;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li><a href="#home">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#news">News</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Result
HTML List Tags
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <ul> | Defines an unordered list |
| <ol> | Defines an ordered list |
| <li> | Defines a list item |
| <dl> | Defines a description list |
| <dt> | Defines a term in a description list |
| <dd> | Describes the term in a description list |
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