HTML LIST TAGS

List tags

 

HTML Lists are used to organize information in well–formed and sematic way on a Web page. All lists may contain one or more lists elements. There are three different types of list in HTML.

§  Ordered list – groups a set of related items, in a specific order. Each item is preceded with a letter or number. (default – decimal numbers)

§  Unordered list – groups a set of related items, in no particular order. Each item is preceded with a bullet symbol (default – disc).

§  Description list – used to display a list of terms and their descriptions.

§  Menu list – typically short list of items arranged in a single column and rendered as a bulleted list. (No sub lists)

 

Tags	Attributes	Function
<OL>	3	Defines an ordered list
<UL>	2	Defines an unordered list
<DL>	1	Defines a description list
<LI>	4	Defines a list item
<DT>	0	Defines a term in a description list
<DD>	0	Describes the term in a description list
<DIR>	1	Used to list directory titles (deprecated)
<MENU>	1	Defines a list/menu of commands (deprecated)

 

(Note: all list tags are container tags)

 

 

Tag: <OL>

Attribute	Description and values
COMPACT	Instructs the browser to render the list item in as small a space as possible
START	Sets the starting value of sequence. Else default is 1
TYPE	Decimal Numbers(1, 2, …), Alphabets (A, B, … / a, b, …) Roman Numerals (I, II, … / I, ii, …)

 

Tag: <UL>

Attribute	Description and values
COMPACT	Instructs the browser to render the list item in as small a space as possible
TYPE	Bullet character to use – DISC | SQUARE | CIRCLE

 

Tag: <OL>, <UL> and <LI>

Attribute	Description and values
COMPACT	Instructs the browser to render the list item in as small a space as possible
START	For ordered list only. Sets the starting value of sequence. Else default is 1
TYPE	§  Ordered List – 1 | A | a | I | i §  Unordered List – DISC | CIRCLE | SQUARE
VALUE	Sets the numbering value of the list item

 

Tag: <DL>, <DIR>, <MENU>

Attribute	Description and values
COMPACT	Instructs the browser to render the list item in as small a space as possible