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

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

tag. Each list item starts with the
• tag.
  
  
  
  • Coffee
  
  
  • Milk
  
  
  Here is how it looks in a browser:
  
  • Coffee
  • Milk
  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
  tag. Each list item starts with the
  1. tag.
     
     
     
     1. Coffee
     
     
     2. Milk
     
     
     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

     tag (definition list).
     Each term starts with a

     tag (definition term).
     Each description starts with a

     tag (definition description).
     

     
     

     Coffee

     
     

     Black hot drink

     
     

     Milk

     
     

     White cold drink

     
     

     Here is how it looks in a browser:
     CoffeeBlack hot drinkMilkWhite cold drink Inside the

     tag you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.
     
     

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Numbered list:

1. Apples


2. Bananas


3. Lemons


4. Oranges

Letters list:

1. Apples


2. Bananas


3. Lemons


4. Oranges

Lowercase letters list:

1. Apples


2. Bananas


3. Lemons


4. Oranges

Roman numbers list:

1. Apples


2. Bananas


3. Lemons


4. Oranges

Lowercase Roman numbers list:

1. Apples


2. Bananas


3. Lemons


4. Oranges

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A nested List:

• Coffee


• Tea
  
  
  
  • Black tea
  
  
  • Green tea
    
    
    
    • China
    
    
    • Africa
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Milk

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Disc bullets list:

• Apples


• Bananas


• Lemons


• Oranges

Circle bullets list:

• Apples


• Bananas


• Lemons


• Oranges

Square bullets list:

• Apples


• Bananas


• Lemons


• Oranges

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List Tags

Tag Description

Defines an ordered list
Defines an unordered list
• Defines a list item

  Defines a definition list

  Defines a term (an item) in a definition list

  Defines a description of a term in a definition list Deprecated. Use

  instead Deprecated. Use
  instead