Name

<ol> — NN: 2, 3, 4 &bull; MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 &bull; HTML 4 &bull; WebTV &bull; Opera3

Synopsis

<ol>...</ol>

Defines the beginning and end of an ordered (numbered) list, which consists of list items <li>.

Attributes

compact

Displays the list as small as possible (not many browsers do anything with this attribute).

start=number

Starts the numbering of the list at the specified number, instead of 1.

type=1|A|a|I|i

Defines the numbering system for the list as follows:

Type Value

Generated Style

Sample Sequence

1

Arabic numerals (default)

1, 2, 3, 4...

A

Uppercase letters

A, B, C, D...

a

Lowercase letters

a, b, c, d...

I

Uppercase Roman numerals

I, II, III, IV...

i

Lowercase Roman numerals

i, ii, iii, iv...

The type attribute has been deprecated by the HTML 4.0 Specification in favor of style sheet controls for list item display.

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