Blog : HTML Lists

HTML Lists
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HTML supports ordered, unordered and definition lists.
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HTML Lists
This is the first
This is the second
This is the third
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 Try-It-Yourself Examples

Unordered list

Ordered list

(You can find more examples at the bottom of this page)
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Unordered Lists
An unordered list is a list of items. The list items are marked with bullets (typically small black circles).

An unordered list starts with the <ul> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>  

Here is how it looks in a browser:

Coffee
Milk
Inside a list item you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.
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Ordered Lists
An ordered list is also a list of items. The list items are marked with numbers.

An ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>  

Here is how it looks in a browser:

Coffee
Milk
Inside a list item you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.
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Definition Lists
A definition list is not a list of single items. It is a list of items (terms), with a description of each item (term).

A definition list starts with a <dl> tag (definition list).

Each term starts with a <dt> tag (definition term).

Each description starts with a <dd> tag (definition description).

<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>  

Here is how it looks in a browser:

Coffee
Black hot drink
Milk
White cold drink
Inside the <dd> tag you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.
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 More Examples

Different types of ordered lists
Demonstrates different types of ordered lists.

Different types of unordered Lists
Demonstrates different types of unordered lists.

Nested list
Demonstrates how you can nest lists.

Nested list 2
Demonstrates a more complicated nested list.

Definition list
Demonstrates a definition list.

List Tags

Tag	Description
<ol>	Defines an ordered list
<ul>	Defines an unordered list
<li>	Defines a list item
<dl>	Defines a definition list
<dt>	Defines a term (an item) in a definition list
<dd>	Defines a description of a term in a definition list
<dir>	Deprecated. Use <ul> instead
<menu>	Deprecated. Use <ul> instead