Platinum Edition Using XHTML™, XML, and Java™ 2

List Elements

Technically, XHTML lists are a form of block-level formatting, but because lists are such a useful way of presenting content, the list elements merit their own section in the chapter.

Using the elements in this section, you can create the following types of lists:

• Definition lists

• Ordered (numbered) lists

• Unordered (bulleted) lists

Ordered and unordered lists use the list item element, <li>, so this element is covered first, followed by the elements you use to create each type of list.

<li>

Type:

Container

Function:

Denotes an item in a list.

Syntax:

<li> ... list item goes here ... </li>

Attributes:

None.

Note

The attributes previously used with the HTML <LI> tag—COMPACT, TYPE, and START—cannot be used with the XHTML <li> tag ...