Creating Lists

Creating Lists

• Lists are a part of everyday life. To-do lists determine what to get done. Navigational routes provide turn-by-turn lists of directions. Recipes provide lists of ingredients and lists of instructions. With a list for nearly everything, it’s easy to understand why they are also popular online.

• When we want to use a list on a website, HTML provides three different types to choose from: unordered, ordered, and description lists. Choosing which type of list to use—or whether to use a list at all—comes down to the content and the most semantically appropriate option for displaying that content

Unordered Lists

• An unordered list is simply a list of related items whose order does not matter. Creating an unordered list in HTML is accomplished using the unordered list block-level element, <ul>. Each item within an unordered list is individually marked up using the list item element, <li>.

example

<ul>

<li>Coffee</li>

<li>Tea</li>

<li>Milk</li>

</ul>

Ordered HTML Lists

An ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

The list items will be marked with numbers.

<h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2><ol>  <li>Coffee</li>  <li>Milk</li></ol>

Ordered HTML Lists

The Type AttributeA type attribute can be added to an ordered list, to define the type of the marker:

Type Description

type="1" The list items will be numbered with numbers (default)

type="A" The list items will be numbered with uppercase letters

type="a" The list items will be numbered with lowercase letters

type="I" The list items will be numbered with uppercase roman numbers

type="i" The list items will be numbered with lowercase roman numbers

Ordered HTML Lists (Numbers)

<h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2>

<ol type="1">

<li>Coffee</li>

<li>Tea</li>

<li>Milk</li>

</ol>

Upper Case:

<h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2><ol type="A"> <li>Coffee</li> <li>Tea</li> <li>Milk</li></ol>

Lower Case:

<h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2>

<ol type="a">

<li>Coffee</li>

<li>Tea</li>

<li>Milk</li>

</ol>

Roman Upper Case:

<h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2>

<ol type="I">

<li>Coffee</li>

<li>Tea</li>

<li>Milk</li>

</ol>

Roman Lower Case:

• <h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2><ol type="i">

<li>Coffee</li>

<li>Tea</li>

<li>Milk</li>

</ol>

HTML Description Lists

• A description list, is a list of terms, with a description of each term.

• The <dl> tag defines a description list.

• The <dt> tag defines the term (name), and the <dd> tag defines the data (description).

Description Lists

Description List:<h2>Unordered List with Default Bullets</h2><dl>

<dt>Coffee</dt>

<dd>- black hot drink</dd>

<dt>Milk</dt>

<dd>- white cold drink</dd>

</dl>

Nested HTML ListsList can be nested (lists inside lists).<ol>

<li>Walk the dog</li>

<li>Fold laundry</li>

<li>

Go to the grocery and buy:

<ul>

<li>Milk</li>

<li>Bread</li>

<li>Cheese</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>Mow the lawn</li>

<li>Make dinner</li>

</ol>

Horizontal Lists

HTML lists can be styled in many different ways with CSS.

One popular way, is to style a list to display horizontally:

• <h2>Horizontal List</h2>

• <ul id="menu">• <li>Apples</li>• <li>Bananas</li>• <li>Lemons</li>• <li>Oranges</li>• </ul>

Chapter Summary1. Use the HTML <ul> element to define an unordered list2. Use the HTML style attribute to define the bullet style3. Use the HTML <ol> element to define an ordered list4. Use the HTML type attribute to define the numbering type5. Use the HTML <li> element to define a list item6. Use the HTML <dl> element to define a description list7. Use the HTML <dt> element to define the description term8. Use the HTML <dd> element to define the description data9. Lists can be nested inside lists10. List items can contain other HTML elements11. Use the CSS property display:inline to display a list horizontally

html - font

• The <font> tag provides no real functionality by itself, but with the help of a few attributes, this tag is used to change the style, size, and color of HTML text elements. The size, color, and face attributes can be used all at once or individually, providing users with the ability to create dynamic font styles for any HTML element.

html - font size

Set the size of your font with size. The range of accepted values goes from 1 -- the smallest, to 7 -- the largest. The default size of a font is 3.

• HTML Font Size Code:<p>

<font size="5">Here is a size 5 font</font>

</p>

html - font color

HTML Font Color Code:<font color="#990000">This text is hex color #990000</font>

<br />

<font color="red">This text is red</font>

html - font face

Choose a different font face by specifying any font you have installed. Font face is synonymous with font type. As a web designer, be aware that if you specify a custom font type and users viewing the page don't have the exact same font installed, they will not be able to see it. Instead the chosen font will default to Times New Roman. To reduce the risk of running into this situation, you may provide a list of several fonts with the face attribute, such as outlined below.

HTML Font Face Code:<p>

<font face="Georgia, Arial, Garamond">This paragraph

has had its font...</font>

</p>

beautiful first letter style

Customize your fonts to achieve any desired look.

HTML Code:<p><font size="7" face="Georgia, Arial" color="maroon">W</font>elcome To South Africa The Rainbow Nation.</p>