Ordered Lists in HTML: OverviewYou can insert ordered lists in HTML documents to display organized lists of items that start with a number or letter and continue in sequence. Ordered lists in HTML are generally used to list items by their priority or their sequence in a process. For example, you might use ordered lists in HTML to show instructions about completing a specific task. Show When you create ordered lists in HTML, you must use two different tags. First, place the <ol></ol> tags around the text you want to become the ordered list. Second, place the <li></li> tags around each line item within the list. You have five choices when creating ordered lists in HTML: upper-case letters (A,B,C), lower-case letters (a,b,c), upper-case Roman numerals (I,II,III), lower-case Roman numerals (i,ii,iii) and Arabic numerals (1,2,3), which are the default. You define the type of ordered list you want by using the TYPE attribute and placing it within the <ol> start tag. You can also start the ordered sequence at any point in the sequence by using the START attribute. For example, if you wanted to start your list with item D, you would use the attribute start=D by placing it within the <ol> start tag.
Ordered Lists in HTML: Instructions
Ordered Lists in HTML: Video LessonThe following video lesson, titled Numbered (Ordered) Lists, shows you how to create ordered lists in HTML. This video lesson is from our introductory HTML5 and CSS3 course, titled Mastering HTML5 and CSS3 Made Easy v.1.0. |