Chapter 52. Building Lists
In HTML, there are two kinds of lists: ordered (or numbered) lists and unordered (or bulleted) lists. The markup for a list begins with either the ol or ul tag for ordered and unordered lists, respectively, followed by a series of li tags for each item in the list. See Figure 52.1 for examples of both types of lists.
Listing 52.1. View Source for Figure 52.1.
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<!-- Ordered list begins here -->
<ol>
<li>First item</li>
<li>Second item</li>
<li>Third item</li>
<li>Fourth item</li>
<li>Fifth item</li>
</ol>
<!-- Ordered list ends here -->
</td>
<td>
<!-- Unordered list begins here -->
<ul>
<li>First item</li>
<li>Second item</li>
<li>Third item</li>
<li>Fourth item</li>
<li>Fifth item</li>
</ul>
<!-- Unordered list ends here -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Figure 52.1. In HTML, you get ordered (numbered) and unordered (bulleted) lists. The markup is the same, except for the list tag.
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ATTRIBUTE | APPLIES TO | CONTROLS | POSSIBLE VALUES | EXAMPLES |
---|---|---|---|---|
type | ol | The leading character | A (capitalized alphabetical), a (lowercase alphabetical), (capitalized Roman numeral), (lowercase Roman numeral), (decimal) | <ol type="A"><ol type="i"> |
type | ul | The shape of the bullet | circle (hollow), disc (solid), square | <ul type="circle"><ul type="square"> |
Start | ol | The starting number or letter in the list | Any numeric[*] | <ol start="4"> |