Web Design in a Nutshell

Name

<ol> — NN: 2, 3, 4 - MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 - HTML 4 - WebTV - Opera3

Synopsis

                        <ol>...</ol>
                     

Defines the beginning and end of an ordered 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 n, 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.