Tag Description

The li tag is used to define a list item.

The <li> tag is used in conjunction with ordered (<ol>) lists, unordered (<ul>) lists, and menu lists (<menu>).

This tag has the form:

<li>item text</li>

HTML5 and HTML4.01 Differences

The "type" attribute was deprecated in HTML4.01, and is NOT supported in HTML5.

The "value" attribute was deprecated in HTML4.01, but IS supported in HTML5.

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
type	1 A a I i disc square circle	Specifies which kind of bullet point will be used HTML4:  HTML5:
value	number	Specifies the number of a list item (only within ordered list (<ol>) element) HTML4:  HTML5:

Global Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Global Attributes.

Event Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Event Attributes.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this tag:

<ul>
  <li>Item 1</li>
  <li>Item 2</li>
  <li>Item 3</li>
</ul>

<ol>
  <li>Item 1</li>
  <li>Item 2</li>
  <li>Item 3</li>
</ol>

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Safari	Opera

Doctype Declaration Support

The following table lists the doctype declarations this element may appear in:

HTML4.01 / XHTML1.0			XHTML 1.1	HTML 5
Traditional	Strict	Frameset

Miscellaneous Information

Defined In:	HTML 2
Empty Tag:	No