HTML Lists
HTML lists allow web developers to group a set of related items in lists.

Unordered HTML List
An unordered list starts with the <ul>
tag. Each list item starts with the <li>
tag.
The list items will be marked with bullets (small black circles) by default:
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
Ordered HTML List
An ordered list starts with the <ol>
tag. Each list item starts with the <li>
tag.
The list items will be marked with numbers by default:
<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
HTML Description Lists
HTML also supports description lists.
A description list is a list of terms, with a description of each term.
The <dl>
tag defines the description list, the <dt>
tag defines the term (name), and the <dd>
tag describes each term:
<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>
HTML Unordered Lists
The HTML <ul>
tag defines an unordered (bulleted) list.
Unordered HTML List
An unordered list starts with the <ul>
tag. Each list item starts with the <li>
tag.
The list items will be marked with bullets (small black circles) by default:
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
Unordered HTML List - Choose List Item Marker
The CSS list-style-type
property is used to define the style of the list item marker. It can have one of the following values:
disc
Sets the list item marker to a bullet (default)
circle
Sets the list item marker to a circle
square
Sets the list item marker to a square
none
The list items will not be marked
<ul style="list-style-type:disc;">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type:circle;">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type:none;">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<!-- Nested HTML Lists -->
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
Horizontal List with CSS
HTML lists can be styled in many different ways with CSS.
One popular way is to style a list horizontally, to create a navigation menu:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333333;
}
li {
float: left;
}
li a {
display: block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: #111111;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li><a href="#home">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#news">News</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Summary
Use the HTML
<ul>
element to define an unordered listUse the CSS
list-style-type
property to define the list item markerUse the HTML
<li>
element to define a list itemLists can be nested
List items can contain other HTML elements
Use the CSS property
float:left
to display a list horizontally
Ordered HTML List
An ordered list starts with the <ol>
tag. Each list item starts with the <li>
tag.
The list items will be marked with numbers by default:
<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
Ordered HTML List - The Type Attribute
The type
attribute of the <ol>
tag, defines the type of the list item marker:
type="1"
The list items will be numbered with numbers (default)
type="A"
The list items will be numbered with uppercase letters
type="a"
The list items will be numbered with lowercase letters
type="I"
The list items will be numbered with uppercase roman numbers
type="i"
The list items will be numbered with lowercase roman numbers
<!-- Numbers -->
<ol type="1">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<!-- Uppercase Letters -->
<ol type="A">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<!-- Lowercase Letters -->
<ol type="a">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<!-- Uppercase Roman Numbers -->
<ol type="I">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<!-- Lowercase Roman Numbers -->
<ol type="i">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
Control List Counting
By default, an ordered list will start counting from 1. If you want to start counting from a specified number, you can use the start
attribute
<ol start="50">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
Nested HTML Lists
Lists can be nested (list inside list):
<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ol>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
Summary
Use the HTML
<ol>
element to define an ordered listUse the HTML
type
attribute to define the numbering typeUse the HTML
<li>
element to define a list itemLists can be nested
List items can contain other HTML elements
HTML Description Lists
A description list is a list of terms, with a description of each term.
The <dl>
tag defines the description list, the <dt>
tag defines the term (name), and the <dd>
tag describes each term:
<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>
Summary
Use the HTML
<dl>
element to define a description listUse the HTML
<dt>
element to define the description termUse the HTML
<dd>
element to describe the term in a description list
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