OL ordered list HTML 4.01 Strict

Purpose

ordered list

Description

This element defines an ordered list, a list of items whose ordering is important. Examples include instruction steps or items ranked by some quality (such as preference or winners of a race). Compare this with the unordered list ul.

Start tag

Required <OL>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NAME	#IMPLIED	language code as RFC1766; language code
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed down
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed and released
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was released
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved within
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved away
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was released
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	style sheet data; associated style info
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	text; advisory title

Content

( LI )+

End tag

Required </OL>

Referenced in

BLOCKQUOTE BODY BUTTON DD DEL DIV FIELDSET FORM INS LI MAP NOSCRIPT OBJECT TD TH

Example

Source	Appearance
The Solar System <OL> <LI>Inner <OL> <LI>Mercury <LI>Venus <LI>Earth <LI>Mars </OL> <LI>Outer <OL> <LI>Jupiter <LI>Saturn <LI>Uranus <LI>Neptune <LI>Pluto <LI>Kuiper Belt </OL> </OL>	The Solar System Inner Mercury Venus Earth Mars Outer Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Kuiper Belt