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How to Use Lists
Lists are used to specify a set of consecutive items or related information in well formed and semantic way, such as a list of ingredients or a list of procedural steps. HTML markup has three different types of lists - ordered, unordored and description lists.
Ordered Lists
An ordered list is used to group a set of related items, in a specific order.
This list is created with <ol> tag. Each list item is surrounded with <li> tag.
Code
<ol>
<li>Mix ingredients</li>
<li>Bake in oven for an hour</li>
<li>Allow to stand for ten minutes</li>
</ol>
Example
- Mix ingredients
- Bake in oven for an hour
- Allow to stand for ten minutes
Unordered Lists
An unordered list is used to group a set of related items, in no particular order. This list is created with <ul> tag. Each list item is surrounded with <li> tag.
Code
<ul>
<li>Chocolate Cake</li>
<li>Black Forest Cake</li>
<li>Pineapple Cake</li>
</ul>
Example
- Chocolate Cake
- Black Forest Cake
- Pineapple Cake
Description Lists
A description list is used to specify a list of terms and their descriptions. This list is created with <dl> tag. Each list item is surrounded with <dd> tag.
Code
<dl>
<dt>Bread</dt>
<dd>A baked food made of flour.</dd>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>A drink made from roasted coffee beans.</dd>
</dl>
Output
- Bread
- A baked food made of flour.
- Coffee
- A drink made from roasted coffee beans.
Styling List
You can also control the style of the list. You can use list-style property of lists. Your list can be bullets, square, in roman numearls or can be images you want.
list-style property is a shorthand for list-style-type, list-style-position, list-style-image.