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HTML Lists

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HTML supports ordered, unordered and definition lists.


HTML Lists

  • This is the first
  • This is the second
  • This is the third

Examples

Try-It-Yourself Examples

Unordered list

Ordered list

(You can find more examples at the bottom of this page)


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:

Inside a list item you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.


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:

  1. Coffee
  2. Milk

Inside a list item you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.


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.


Examples

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

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