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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
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>An unordered HTML list</h2>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List with Disc Bullets</h2>
<ul style=”list-style-type:disc;”>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Example – Circle
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List with Circle Bullets</h2>
<ul style=”list-style-type:circle;”>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Example – Square
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List with Square Bullets</h2>
<ul style=”list-style-type:square;”>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Example – None
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List without Bullets</h2>
<ul style=”list-style-type:none;”>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Nested HTML Lists
Lists can be nested (list inside list):
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>A Nested List</h2>
<p>Lists can be nested (list inside list):</p>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea
<ul>
<li>Black tea</li>
<li>Green tea</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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>
<h2>Navigation Menu</h2>
<p>In this example, we use CSS to style the list horizontally, to create a navigation menu:</p>
<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>
Chapter Summary
- Use the HTML
<ul>element to define an unordered list - Use the CSS
list-style-typeproperty 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:leftto display a list horizontally
HTML Exercises
Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
Finish the HTML code to make an unordered list.
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
Submit Answer >>
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 |