li element | li object
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Denotes one item in a list.
  |
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 10.2
HTML information
| Closing Tag | forbidden |
|---|---|
| CSS Display | block |
Remarks
The TYPE attribute values disc, circle, and square apply to unordered lists; the values 1, a, A, i, and I apply to ordered lists.
When the LI element is absolutely positioned with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the list item marker is not rendered.
As of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, the default value of the display property for this element is list-item.
Examples
This example uses the LI element to create individual items in a directory list.
<DIR> <LI>Art <LI>History <LI>Literature <LI>Sports <LI>Entertainment <LI>Science </DIR>
See also
Build date: 3/8/2012
