HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

li — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<li> . . . </li>

Defines an item in a list. It is used within the ol, ul, menu, and dir list elements. (Note that menu and dir are deprecated in HTML 4.01. In HTML5, menu has been redefined and dir has been removed.)

Start/End Tags

HTML: Required/Optional; XHTML: Required/Required

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes

type="format"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Changes the format of the automatically generated numbers or bullets for list items.

Within unordered lists (ul), the type attribute can be used to specify the bullet style (disc, circle, or square) for a particular list item.

Within ordered lists (ol), the type attribute specifies the numbering style for a particular list item (see options under the ol listing).

start="number"

Nonstandard. Within ordered lists, you can specify the first number in the number sequence. In the (X)HTML Recommendations, the start attribute applies to the ol element, not li.

value="number"

Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Included in HTML5. Within ordered lists, specifies an item’s number. Following list items increase from the specified number.

Example

<ol>
  <li>Preheat oven to 300.</li>
  <li>Wrap garlic in foil.</li>
  <li>Bake for 2 hours.</li>
</ol>