HTML Lists

HTML supports ordered, unordered and definition lists.

Try-It Examples

Unordered list

Ordered list

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 <ul> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

Here is how it looks in a browser:

• Tea
• 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 <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

Here is how it looks in a browser:

1. Tea
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 <dl> tag (definition list).

Each term starts with a <dt> tag (definition term).

Each description starts with a <dd> tag (definition description).

Here is how it looks in a browser:

Tea

Brown hot drink

Milk

White cold drink

Inside the <dd> tag you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.

More Examples

Different types of ordered lists
Demonstrates different types of ordered lists.

Different types of unordered Lists
Demonstrates different types of unordered lists.

Nested list
Demonstrates how you can nest lists.

Nested list 2
Demonstrates a more complicated nested list.

Definition list
Demonstrates a definition list.

List Tags