There are three types of lists in HTML -
-
Unordered list
This list has bulleted list items and no bulleted list items. specific order.
-
Ordered list
This list is used for ordered list items
-
Definition list
This list is used to display the definitions of terms.
We can nest these lists and style them as needed. The CSS property list-style helps us style list items.
Syntax
The syntax of HTML list is as follows-
<type of list> <li></li> </type of list>
The following example illustrates HTML list-
Example
Live demonstration
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
ul {
background-color: papayawhip;
list-style-type: square;
font-style: italic;
}
ol {
background-color: azure;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ol>
<li>demo1</li>
<li>
demo 2
<ul>
<li>demo a</li>
<li>demo b</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>demo 3</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>Output
This will give the following output−
Example
Live Demonstration
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
dt {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}
dd {
border: thin dotted;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2 id="Programming-Languages-and-Databases">Programming Languages and Databases</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Java</dt>
<dd>A programming language developed by James Gosling.</dd>
<dt>C++</dt>
<dd>A programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup.</dd>
<dt>MySQL</dt>
<dd>MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output-
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