Unordered
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.
HTML Code:
<h2>An unordered HTML list</h2>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<h2>Unordered List with Circle Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:circle">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<h2>Unordered List with Square Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:square">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
<h2>Unordered List without Bullets</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type:none">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
Result:
An unordered HTML list
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Unordered List with Circle Bullets
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Unordered List with Square Bullets
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Unordered List without Bullets
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Ordered
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.
HTML Code:
<h2>An ordered HTML list</h2>
<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<h2>Ordered List with Letters</h2>
<ol type="A">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<h2>Ordered List with Lowercase Letters</h2>
<ol type="a">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<h2>Ordered List with Roman Numbers</h2>
<ol type="I">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<h2>Ordered List with Lowercase Roman Numbers</h2>
<ol type="i">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
Result:
An ordered HTML list
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Ordered List with Letters
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Ordered List with Lowercase Letters
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Ordered List with Roman Numbers
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
Ordered List with Lowercase Roman Numbers
- Coffee
- Tea
- Milk
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.
HTML Code:
<h2>A Description List</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>
Result:
A Description List
- Coffee
- - black hot drink
- Milk
- - white cold drink
Nested Lists
List can be nested (lists inside lists).
HTML Code:
<h2>A Nested List</h2>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
Result:
A Nested List
- Coffee
- Tea
- Black tea
- Green tea
- Milk
Horizontal Lists
HTML lists can be styled in many different ways with CSS.
CSS Code:
.hlist ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333333;
}
.hlist li {
float: left;
}
.hlist li a {
display: block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
.hlist li a:hover {
background-color: #111111;
}
HTML Code:
<div class="hlist">
<ul class="hlist">
<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>
</div>