HTML list

HTML supports ordered, unordered and defined lists:

HTML list

Yes Sequence list

First list item
Second list item
Third list items

Unordered list

List items
List items
List items

1.Unordered list
This example demonstrates an unordered list.

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head> 
<body>

<h4>无序列表:</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea</li>
  <li>Milk</li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

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2. Ordered list
This example demonstrates an ordered list.

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head>
<body>

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

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

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(More examples can be found at the bottom of this page.)

HTML Unordered List

An unordered list is a list of items. The items in this column are bold Dots (typically small black circles) are marked.

Unordered list using <ul> tag

<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Milk</ li>
</ul>

The browser displays the following:

Coffee
Milk

HTML ordered list

Similarly, an ordered list is also a list of items, and the list items are marked with numbers. The ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item begins with a <li> tag.

List items are marked with numbers.

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

The browser displays the following:

Coffee
Milk

HTML Custom List

A custom list is not just a list of items, but a combination of items and their comments.

Custom lists start with a <dl> tag. Each custom list item begins with <dt>. The definition of each custom list item begins with <dd>.

<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>

The browser displays as follows:

Coffee
- black hot drink
Milk
- white cold drink

Notes- Helpful Tips

Tips: Paragraphs, line breaks, pictures, links, other lists, etc. can be used inside list items.

More examples

1. Different types of ordered lists
This example demonstrates different types of ordered lists.

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head>
<body>

<h4>编号列表：</h4>
<ol>
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ol>  

<h4>大写字母列表：</h4>
<ol type="A">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ol>  

<h4>小写字母列表：</h4>
<ol type="a">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ol>  

<h4>罗马数字列表：</h4>
<ol type="I">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ol>  

<h4>小写罗马数字列表：</h4>
<ol type="i">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ol>  

</body>
</html>

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2. Different types of unordered lists
This example demonstrates different types of unordered lists.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head>
<body>

<p><b>注意：</b> 在 HTML 4中 ul 属性已废弃，HTML5 已不支持该属性，因此我们使用 CSS 代替来定义不同类型的无序列表如下：</p>

<h4>圆点列表：</h4>
<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ul>  

<h4>圆圈列表：</h4>
<ul style="list-style-type:circle">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ul>  

<h4>正方形列表：</h4>
<ul style="list-style-type:square">
 <li>Apples</li>
 <li>Bananas</li>
 <li>Lemons</li>
 <li>Oranges</li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

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3. Nested list
This example demonstrates how to nest a list.

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head>
<body>

<h4>嵌套列表：</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea
    <ul>
      <li>Black tea</li>
      <li>Green tea</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Milk</li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

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4. Nested List 2
This example demonstrates a more complex nested list.

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head>
<body>

<h4>嵌套列表：</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea
    <ul>
      <li>Black tea</li>
      <li>Green tea
        <ul>
          <li>China</li>
          <li>Africa</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Milk</li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

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5. Customized list
This example demonstrates a definition list.

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> 
</head>
<body>

<h4>一个自定义列表：</h4>
<dl>
  <dt>Coffee</dt>
  <dd>- black hot drink</dd>
  <dt>Milk</dt>
  <dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>

</body>
</html>

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