HTML Unordered Lists

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HTML Unordered Lists

The HTML <ul> tag defines an unordered
(bulleted) list.

Unordered HTML List
An unordered list starts with the <ul> tag. Each list item starts with the
<li> tag.
The list items will be marked with bullets (small black circles) by default:

Example

<ul>

<li>Coffee</li> <li>Tea</li>

<li>Milk</li>
</ul>

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Unordered HTML List - Choose List Item Marker
The CSS list-style-type property is used to define the style of the
list item marker. It can have one of the following values:

Value
Description

disc
Sets the list item marker to a bullet (default)

circle
Sets the list item marker to a circle

square
Sets the list item marker to a square

none
The list items will not be marked

Example - Disc

<ul style="list-style-type:disc;"> <li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li> <li>Milk</li></ul>

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Example - Circle

<ul style="list-style-type:circle;"> <li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li> <li>Milk</li></ul>

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Example - Square

<ul style="list-style-type:square;"> <li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li> <li>Milk</li></ul>

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Example - None

<ul style="list-style-type:none;"> <li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li> <li>Milk</li></ul>

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Nested HTML Lists
Lists can be nested (list inside list):

Example

<ul> <li>Coffee</li> <li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>      <li>Green tea</li>
    </ul>
</li> <li>Milk</li></ul>

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Note: A list item (<li>) can contain
a new list, and other HTML elements, like images and links, etc.

Horizontal List with CSS
HTML lists can be styled in many different ways with CSS.
One popular way is to style a list horizontally, to create a navigation menu:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><style>ul { list-style-type: none;
margin: 0; padding: 0;  overflow: hidden;  background-color: #333333;}li {  float: left;}li a {  display: block;  color: white;  text-align: center;  padding: 16px; text-decoration: none;}
li a:hover {  background-color: #111111;}
</style></head><body><ul> <li><a href="#home">Home</a></li> <li><a href="#news">News</a></li> <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
</ul></body></html>

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Tip: You can learn much more about CSS in our CSS Tutorial.

Chapter Summary

Use the HTML <ul> element to define an unordered list
Use the CSS list-style-type property to define the list item marker
Use the HTML <li> element to define a list item
Lists can be nested
List items can contain other HTML elements
Use the CSS property float:left to display a list horizontally

HTML List Tags

Tag
Description

<ul>
Defines an unordered list

<ol>
Defines an ordered list

<li>
Defines a list item

<dl>
Defines a description list

<dt>
Defines a term in a description list

<dd>
Describes the term in a description list

For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.

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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists_unordered.asp