HTML Lists

HTML lists allow web developers to group a set of related items in lists.

Example

An unordered HTML list:

• Item

• Item

• Item

• Item

An ordered HTML list:

• First item

• Second item

• Third item

• Fourth item

Unordered HTML List

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

The list items will be marked with bullets (small black circles) by default:

Example

Ordered HTML List

An ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

The list items will be marked with numbers by default:

Example

HTML Description Lists

HTML also supports description lists.

A description list is a list of terms, with a description of each term.

The <dl> tag defines the description list, the <dt> tag defines the term (name), and the <dd> tag describes each term:

Example

<dl>

<dt>Coffee</dt>

<dd>- black hot drink</dd>

<dt>Milk</dt>

<dd>- white cold drink</dd>

</dl>

HTML List Tags

For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.

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