HTML offers web authors three ways for specifying lists of information. All lists must contain one or more list elements. Lists may contain:
- <ul> - An unordered list. This will list items using plain bullets.
- <ol> - An ordered list. This will use different schemes of numbers to list your items.
- <dl> - A definition list. This arranges your items in the same way as they are arranged in a dictionary.
HTML Unordered Lists
An unordered list is a collection of related items that have no special order or sequence. This list is created by using HTML <ul> tag. Each item in the list is marked with a bullet.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
The type Attribute
You can use type attribute for <ul> tag to specify the type of bullet you like. By default it is a disc. Following are the possible options:
<ul type="square"> <ul type="disc"> <ul type="circle">
Example
Following is an example where we used <ul type="square">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul type="square"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ul type="disc"> :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul type="disc"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ul type="circle"> :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Unordered List</title> </head> <body> <ul type="circle"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ul> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
HTML Ordered Lists
If you are required to put your items in a numbered list instead of bulleted then HTML ordered list will be used. This list is created by using <ol> tag. The numbering starts at one and is incremented by one for each successive ordered list element tagged with <li>.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
The type Attribute
You can use type attribute for <ol> tag to specify the type of numbering you like. By default it is a number. Following are the possible options:
<ol type="1"> - Default-Case Numerals. <ol type="I"> - Upper-Case Numerals. <ol type="i"> - Lower-Case Numerals. <ol type="a"> - Lower-Case Letters. <ol type="A"> - Upper-Case Letters.
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="1">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="1"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="I">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="I"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="i">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="i"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="A">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="A"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="a">
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="a"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
The start Attribute
You can use start attribute for <ol> tag to specify the starting point of numbering you need. Following are the possible options:
<ol type="1" start="4"> - Numerals starts with 4. <ol type="I" start="4"> - Numerals starts with IV. <ol type="i" start="4"> - Numerals starts with iv. <ol type="a" start="4"> - Letters starts with d. <ol type="A" start="4"> - Letters starts with D.
Example
Following is an example where we used <ol type="i" start="4" >
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Ordered List</title> </head> <body> <ol type="i" start="4"> <li>Beetroot</li> <li>Ginger</li> <li>Potato</li> <li>Radish</li> </ol> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- Beetroot
- Ginger
- Potato
- Radish
HTML Definition Lists
HTML and XHTML support a list style which is called definition lists where entries are listed like in a dictionary or encyclopedia. The definition list is the ideal way to present a glossary, list of terms, or other name/value list.
Definition List makes use of following three tags.
- <dl> - Defines the start of the list
- <dt> - A term
- <dd> - Term definition
- </dl> - Defines the end of the list
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Definition List</title> </head> <body> <dl> <dt><b>HTML</b></dt> <dd>This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language</dd> <dt><b>HTTP</b></dt> <dd>This stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol</dd> </dl> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
- HTML
- This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
- HTTP
- This stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
- An HTML marquee is a scrolling piece of text displayed either horizontally across or vertically down your webpage depending on the settings. This is created by using HTML <marquees> tag.
Note: The HTML <marquee> tag may not be supported by various browsers so its not recommended to rely on this tag, instead you can use Javascript and CSS to create such effects.
Syntax
<marquee attribute_name="attribute_value"....more attributes> One or more lines or text message or image </marquee>
The <marquee> Tag Attributes
Following is the list of important attributes which can be used with <marquee> tag.Attribute Description width This specifies the width of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. height This specifies the height of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. direction This specifies the direction in which marquee should scroll. This can be a value like up, down, left or right. behavior This specifies the type of scrolling of the marquee. This can have a value like scroll, slide and alternate. scrolldelay This specifies how long to delay between each jump. This will have a value like 10 etc. scrollamount This specifies the speed of marquee text. This can have a value like 10 etc. loop This specifies how many times to loop. The default value is INFINITE, which means that the marquee loops endlessly. bgcolor This specifies background color in terms of color name or color hex value. hspace This specifies horizontal space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. vspace This specifies vertical space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. Below are few examples to demonstrate the usage of marquee tag.Examples - 1
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee>This is basic example of marquee</marquee> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:Examples - 2
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee width="50%">This example will take only 50% width</marquee> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:Examples - 3
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee direction="right">This text will scroll from left to right</marquee> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:Examples - 4
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee direction="up">This text will scroll from bottom to up</marquee> </body> </html>
This will produce following result:
