HTML Encyclopaedia

General Information about lists

HTML supports three different ways of presenting lists. These are

All lists are indicated to by a matching pair of tags

<ul> .. </ul> for un-numbered lists
<ol> .. </ol> for numbered lists
<dl> .. </dl> for detailed lists

Within each list, list elements are identified by a distinctive tag

<li> for un-numbered and numbered lists
<dt> & <dd> for detailed lists

List can be nested forming sub-lists to an arbitrary depth with each deeper level of nesting being indicated by further indentation. Lists of different types can be nested.

First item in a level 1 un-numbered list
Second item in a level 1 un-numbered list
1. First item in a nested numbered list
2. Second item in a nested numberd list
  First item in a detailed list
  and here's all the inforamtion about the item
  Second item in a detailed list
  and here's all the information about the second item
  - The first item in a nested un-numbered list
  - and another
  - and another
  Third item in a detailed list
  and all about it
3. Third item in a nested numbered list
Third item in a level 1 un-numbered lists

The obsolescent tags <menu> and <dir> can also be used to present lists.