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7.3.1.2. The value attribute
The
value
attribute changes the numbers of a specific list item and all
of the list items that follow it. Because the ordered list is the only type
with sequentially numbered items, the
value
attribute is valid only when
used within an
<li>
tag inside an ordered list.
To change the current and subsequent numbers attached to each item
in an ordered list, simply set the
value
attribute to an integer. The fol-
lowing source uses the
value
attribute to jump the numbering on items
in an XHTML ordered list, and gets rendered by modern browsers as
shown in
Figure 7-5
:
<ol>
<li>Item number 1</li>
<li>And the second</li>
<li value=9> Jump to number 9</li>
<li>And continue with 10...</li>
</ol>
Figure 7-5. The value attribute lets you change
individual item numbers in an ordered list
