HTML List Tag

Updated:01/17/2024 by Computer Hope

Features of HTML List ,Ordered List,Unordered list,Definition List

The lists in HTML  can be classified into three types, they are:

  • Ordered List
  • Unordered list
  • Definition List
 Order List :  tag defines an ordered list. An ordered list can be numerical or alphabetical. Below is type of Order List
  • Decimal (type=”1″)
  • Upper Alpha (type=”A”)
  • Lower Alpha (type=”a”)
  • Upper Roman (type=”I”)
  • Lower Roman (type=”i”)
 unordered list:  An unordered list is a list in which the order of the list items does not matter. Unordered lists should be used when rearranging the order of the list items would not create confusion or change the meaning of the information on the list.
The ul element opens and closes an unordered list. The items on the list are contained between list item, li, tags. A simple unordered list containing three items could be created with the following HTML.

 Definition List  The HTML dl  element represents a description list. The element encloses a list of groups of terms (specified using the  dt  element) and descriptions (provided by  dd  elements). Common uses for this element are to implement a glossary or to display metadata (a list of key-value pairs).
  • dl – Description list
  • dt – Description term
  • dd – Description data

    • Below is an example of HTML List Tag.

       <!-- 
Example contain a List tag  of html.
It is  just create a simple web page in web browser
Note : open note paid and Save this code on notepad with extension of .html 
then right click and select option of Open with in Window user ,run with any browser and display output .
   -->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

 <html  >
            <head  >
               <title  >HTML List Tag   </title  >
            </head  >
            <body  >
           <ol type="1">
            <li> Apple   </li>
            <li> Banana   </li>
            <li> Orange   </li>
           </ol>
           <ol type="A">
            <li> Apple   </li>
            <li> Banana   </li>
            <li> Orange   </li>
           </ol>
           <ol type="a">
            <li> Apple   </li>
            <li> Banana   </li>
            <li> Orange   </li>
           </ol>
          
           <ol type="I">
            <li> Apple   </li>
            <li> Banana   </li>
            <li> Orange   </li>
           </ol>
           <ol type="i">
            <li> Apple   </li>
            <li> Banana   </li>
            <li> Orange   </li>
           </ol>
            </body  >
</html  >
    OutPut of above program

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