HTML <ol> type Attribute
Example
An ordered list with uppercase roman numbers:
<ol type="I">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
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Definition and Usage
The type attribute specifies the kind of marker to use in the list (letters or numbers).
Tip: The CSS list-style-type property offers more types than
the type attribute (see example below).
Browser Support
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
<ol type="1|a|A|i|I">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Default. Decimal numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) |
| a | Alphabetically ordered list, lowercase (a, b, c, d) |
| A | Alphabetically ordered list, uppercase (A, B, C, D) |
| i | Roman numbers, lowercase (i, ii, iii, iv) |
| I | Roman numbers, uppercase (I, II, III, IV) |
More Examples
Example
Display all the different list types available with CSS:
<style>
ol.a {list-style-type: armenian;}
ol.b {list-style-type: cjk-ideographic;}
ol.c {list-style-type: decimal;}
ol.d {list-style-type:
decimal-leading-zero;}
ol.e {list-style-type: georgian;}
ol.f
{list-style-type: hebrew;}
ol.g {list-style-type: hiragana;}
ol.h
{list-style-type: hiragana-iroha;}
ol.i {list-style-type: katakana;}
ol.j {list-style-type: katakana-iroha;}
ol.k {list-style-type:
lower-alpha;}
ol.l {list-style-type: lower-greek;}
ol.m
{list-style-type: lower-latin;}
ol.n {list-style-type: lower-roman;}
ol.o {list-style-type: upper-alpha;}
ol.p {list-style-type: upper-latin;}
ol.q {list-style-type: upper-roman;}
ol.r {list-style-type: none;}
ol.s {list-style-type: inherit;}
</style>
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