What is an HTML ordered List?
In HTML, an ordered list is used to display a list of items as a list in a webpage with particular order or sequence.
HTML <ol> (ordered list) element is used to create an ordered list in a webpage.
<ol> is the container element for the ordered list items.
<li> (list item) element is used to represent each individual item within <ol> element.
Example of Creating HTML Ordered List
Create an HTML ordered list element <ol></ol>.
Add 5 list item elements (<li> </li>) between <ol> and </ol> tags.
Add the text- Python, C#, Java, HTML, and CSS to the 5 list item elements respectively as shown in the following example:
Add type attribute with '1' value (type="1") inside the opening tag of the ol element to add numerical order to the list elements.
Example of Ordered List
Output of the above example
An ordered list with type 1.
- Python
- C#
- Java
- HTML
- CSS
Add type attribute with 'a' value (type="a") inside the opening of the ol element to add alphabetical order to the list elements.
Other types are are A, i and I. Have a closer look at the output of the example.
