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HTML Ordered Lists


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The HTML <ol> tag defines an ordered list. An ordered list can be numerical or
alphabetical.

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:

Example

<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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Ordered HTML List ‐ The Type Attribute


The type attribute of the <ol> tag, defines the type of the list item marker:
Type Description

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>

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Uppercase Letters:
<ol type="A">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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Lowercase Letters:
<ol type="a">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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Uppercase Roman Numbers:


<ol type="I">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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Lowercase Roman Numbers:


<ol type="i">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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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:

Example
<ol start="50">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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Nested HTML Lists


Lists can be nested (list inside list):

Example
<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ol>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>

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Note: A list item ( <li> ) can contain a new list, and other HTML elements, like images
and links, etc.

Chapter Summary
Use the HTML <ol> element to define an ordered list
Use the HTML type attribute to define the numbering type
Use the HTML <li> element to define a list item
Lists can be nested
List items can contain other HTML elements

HTML Exercises

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Exercise:
Finish the HTML code to make an ordered list.

<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>

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HTML List Tags


Tag Description

<ul> Defines an unordered list

<ol> Defines an ordered list


<li> Defines a list item

<dl> Defines a description list

<dt> Defines a term in a description list

<dd> Describes the term in a description list

For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.

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