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Figure 1-9. Default rendering of <ol start=“3”> in Firefox 5.0
Discussion
start
has been around for a while, but was deprecated as presentational. HTML5 now
recognizes the semantic value of controlled numbering and welcomes it back. This
“reordering” via
start
works the same across all browsers, IE6 included.
Reversed attribute
Another attribute for controlling the numbering of an ordered list is the
reversed
attribute, which reverses the order of a list (e.g., for a countdown from 10):
<ol
reversed
>
<li>Apples</li>
<li>Oranges</li>
<li>Bananas</li>
</ol>
Unfortunately, none of the current browsers support this attribute yet.
Value Attribute
You can also specify the exact number
value
for each
li
, which can come in handy if
you are ranking something and there is a “tie” (see
Figure 1-10
):
<p>The results are in for your favorite fruit, and we have a tie for first place!</p>
<ol>
<li
value="1"
>Bananas</li>
<li
value="1"
>Oranges</li>
<li value="2">Apples</li>
</ol>
