XHTML Lists

There are three types of lists available in XHTML  Unordered or bulleted lists  Ordered or numbered lists  Definition or directory lists

Lists Unordered Ordered Definition

Creating Lists Unordered and Ordered Lists use two tags or to begin the list to begin each list item Note: Remember there must be a closing tag for each opening tag.

Unordered Lists Used to list any series of items that have no particular order.

Unordered Lists Things to do today: Pick up dry cleaning Grocery shopping Pay bills

Unordered Lists Things to do today: Pick up dry cleaning Grocery shopping Pay bills Notice the title of the list goes before the tag and is enclosed in the paragraph block element.

Unordered Lists Things to do today: Pick up dry cleaning Grocery shopping Pay bills

Ordered Lists Perfect for explaining step-by- step instructions for how to complete a particular task or for creating an outline of a larger document.

Ordered Lists Logon to the computer Open your journal Write your Glossary word Wait for instructions

Ordered Lists 1. Logon to the computer 2. Open your journal 3. Write your Glossary word 4. Wait for instructions

Definition Lists Particularly suited to glossaries, but works well with any list that pairs a word or phrase with a longer description.

Definition Lists Consist of a term, followed by an indented definition. Use three tags: - begin the list - definition term - definition

Definition Lists A apples artists B bugs balloons

Definition Lists A apples artists B bugs balloons

Nesting Lists You can nest lists within lists. item a item b item c item one item two

Nesting Lists 1. item a 2. item b 3. item c item one item two

list-style-type By default, unordered lists use a disc for each item and ordered lists use numbers. You can change the appearance of either by including the list-style-type property in a style attribute

Style attribute - unordered Item one Item two Item one Item two Item one Item two

Style attribute - ordered Item one Item two Item one Item two Item one Item two

Style attribute - ordered Item one Item two Item one Item two

Comments – Why? To remind you (or future editors) what you were trying to achieve with your HTML tags. Great way to add reminders to your text.

Comments – Why? A comment will be ignored by the browser. You can use them to keep track of revisions.

Comments – How? Comments start with <!-- Comments end with --> Example

Assignment Exercise 6: Creating lists Independent Practice: List Assignment