12. HTML Lists

 

HTML offers web authors three ways for specifying lists of information. All lists must contain one or more list elements. Lists may contain:

• - An unordered list. This will list items using plain bullets.
• - An ordered list. This will use different schemes of numbers to list your items.

• - A definition list. This arranges your items in the same way as they are arranged in a dictionary.

HTML Unordered Lists

An unordered list is a collection of related items that have no special order or sequence. This list is created by using HTML

tag. Each item in the list is marked with a bullet.

Example

Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

• Beetroot
• Ginger
• Potato
• Radish

The type Attribute

You can use type attribute for

tag to specify the type of bullet you like. By default it is a disc. Following are the possible options:

 type="square">
 type="disc">
 type="circle">

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="square">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

• Beetroot
• Ginger
• Potato
• Radish

Example

Following is an example where we used

:

type="disc">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

• Beetroot
• Ginger
• Potato
• Radish

Example

Following is an example where we used

:

type="circle">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

• Beetroot
• Ginger
• Potato
• Radish

HTML Ordered Lists

If you are required to put your items in a numbered list instead of bulleted then HTML ordered list will be used. This list is created by using

tag. The numbering starts at one and is incremented by one for each successive ordered list element tagged with

.

Example

Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

1. Beetroot
2. Ginger
3. Potato
4. Radish

The type Attribute

You can use type attribute for

tag to specify the type of numbering you like. By default it is a number. Following are the possible options:

 type="1"> - Default-Case Numerals.
 type="I"> - Upper-Case Numerals.
 type="i"> - Lower-Case Numerals.
 type="a"> - Lower-Case Letters.
 type="A"> - Upper-Case Letters.

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="1">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

1. Beetroot
2. Ginger
3. Potato
4. Radish

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="I">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

1. Beetroot
2. Ginger
3. Potato
4. Radish

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="i">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

1. Beetroot
2. Ginger
3. Potato
4. Radish

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="A">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

1. Beetroot
2. Ginger
3. Potato
4. Radish

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="a">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

1. Beetroot
2. Ginger
3. Potato
4. Radish

The start Attribute

You can use start attribute for

tag to specify the starting point of numbering you need. Following are the possible options:

 type="1" start="4">    - Numerals starts with 4.
 type="I" start="4">    - Numerals starts with IV.
 type="i" start="4">    - Numerals starts with iv.
 type="a" start="4">    - Letters starts with d.
 type="A" start="4">    - Letters starts with D.

Example

Following is an example where we used

type="i" start="4">
Beetroot

Ginger

Potato

Radish This will produce following result:

4. Beetroot
5. Ginger
6. Potato
7. Radish

HTML Definition Lists

HTML and XHTML support a list style which is called definition lists where entries are listed like in a dictionary or encyclopedia. The definition list is the ideal way to present a glossary, list of terms, or other name/value list.
Definition List makes use of following three tags.

• - Defines the start of the list

• - A term
• - Term definition

- Defines the end of the list

Example

HTML

This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

This stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol This will produce following result:

HTML

This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

This stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

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