Name

ol — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<ol> . . . </ol>

Defines an ordered (numbered) list that consists of one or more list items (li). The user agent inserts item numbers automatically.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes

compact (compact="compact" in XHTML)

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Displays the list as small as possible. Few browsers support the compact attribute.

reversed (reversed="reversed" in XHTML)

HTML5 only. Reverses the numbering sequence, from highest to lowest value.

start="number"

Deprecated. Included in HTML5. Starts the numbering of the list at number instead of at 1.

type="1|A|a|I|i"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. 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

Example

<ol>
  <li>Get out of bed</li>
  <li>Take a shower</li>
  <li>Walk the dog</li>
</ol>

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