type attribute | type property

Sets or retrieves the style of the list.

Syntax

Property values

Type: String

1

Default. Associate numbers with each item in an ordered list.

a

Associate lowercase letters with each item in an ordered list.

A

Associate uppercase letters with each item in an ordered list.

i

Associate small Roman numerals with each item in an ordered list.

I

Associate large Roman numerals with each item in an ordered list.

disc

Associate a solid disc with each item in an unordered list.

circle

Associate a hollow circle with each item in an unordered list.

square

Associate a solid square with each item in an unordered list.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 10.2 (Deprecated)

Examples

This example uses the type attribute to set the line item markers to lowercase Roman numerals.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/type.htm

<ol type="i">
  <li>First Item </li>
  <li>Second Item </li>
  <li>Third Item </li>
</ol>

See also

li

ol

ul

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