HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 5.1
Ordered List Numbering Styles
Attribute
CSS Value
Value
Description
Standard Arabic numerals (
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
, and so on)
decimal
1
Lowercase letters (
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
, and so on)
lower-alpha
a
Uppercase letters (
A
,
B
,
C
,
D
, and so on)
upper-alpha
A
Lowercase Roman numerals (
i
,
ii
,
iii
,
iv
, and so on)
lower-roman
i
Uppercase Roman numerals (that is,
I
,
II
,
III
,
IV
,
and so on)
upper-roman
I
You can specify types of numbering in the
<ol>
tag as follows:
<ol type=“a”>
or using
the style attribute, like this:
<ol style=”list-style-type: lower-alpha”>
By default, the
decimal
type is assumed.
NOTE
HTML5 has dropped support for the
type
property, and all but the
oldest browsers support
list-style-type
, so you should take
that approach. However, you may run into old Web pages or tools
for creating Web pages that still use the type
attribute
.
As an example, consider the following list:
<p>
The Days of the Week in French:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
Lundi
</li>
<li>
Mardi
</li>
<li>
Mercredi
</li>
<li>
Jeudi
</li>
<li>
Vendredi
</li>
<li>
Samedi
</li>
<li>
Dimanche
</li>
</ol>
5
If you were to set the list style type
upper-roman
to the
<ol>
tag, as follows, it would
appear in a browser, as shown in Figure 5.2:
