HTML li tag and element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:13 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

1. HTML li (list item) element represents items (information) in HTML lists.

2. li elements can be used with ul and ol elements to create list items.

3. An item appears in order of significance in an ordered list.

4. By default, items in an unordered list are preceded by numbers (1,2,3.....).

Syntax

<li>List item one</li> 
<li>List item two </li> 
..................................

Whether both start and end tags are required

Start tag required, end tag is optional.

Can contain

HTML li element can contain inline as well as block level elements.

Can reside within

HTML li element can reside within OL and UL.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

type : Determines the form of the bullet which precedes the list item placed within an ordered list. This attribute is deprecated.

Value	Description
1	Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3,...)
a	Lower alpha (a, b, c,.....)
A	Upper alpha (A, B, C, ...)
i	Lower roman (i, ii, iii, ...)
I	Upper roman (I, II, III, ...)

start: Specifies the starting number of list items. The default is 1. For example, if start="5", numbering starts with 5. For lower Romans, if start="3", starting number is iii. This attribute can be used with any value of type attribute. This attribute is deprecated.

value: Sets the number of the current list item. Note that while the value of this attribute is an integer, the corresponding label may be non-numeric. This attribute is deprecated.

compact: If set, this attribute hints the browser (or any other user agent) to display the list in a compact way. This is a boolean attribute. This attribute is deprecated.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional, and HTML 4.01 Frameset.

Example of using HTML li element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html li tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>HTML Lists. </li>
<li>HTML Unordered Lists.</li>
<li>HTML Ordered Lists.</li>
<li>HTML Definition Lists.</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

Result

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HTML li tag example.

Pictorial presentation

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