<LI>NN all   IE all   HTML all
<LI>...</LI>End Tag: Optional
 

The LI element is a single list item that is nested inside an OL or UL list container. The outer container determines whether the LI item is preceded with a number or letter (indicating sequence within an order) or a symbol that doesn't connote any particular order. A special category of style sheet attributes are devoted to list formatting. Therefore, a number of formatting attributes for LI, OL, and UL elements are deprecated in HTML 4.0.

If you apply a style sheet rule to an LI element to adjust the color in Navigator 4, only the leading symbol is colored. To color the text as well, wrap the LI element inside a SPAN element and apply the style to the SPAN element. This works the same way in Navigator and Internet Explorer.

 
Example 
<UL>
    <LI>Larry
    <LI>Moe
    <LI>Curly
</UL>
 
Object Model Reference
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TYPENN all   IE all   HTML 3.2
TYPE="labelType"Optional
 

The TYPE attribute provides some flexibility in how the leading symbol or sequence number is displayed in the browser. Values are divided into two groups, with one group each dedicated to OL and UL items. For an unordered list (UL), you can specify whether the leading symbol should be a disc, circle, or square; for an ordered list (OL), the choices are among letters (uppercase or lowercase), Roman numerals (uppercase or lowercase), or Arabic numerals. The TYPE attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.0 in favor of the list-style-type: style sheet attribute.

For no apparent reason, the square type of unordered list item displays as solid in Windows browsers and as hollow in Macintosh browsers.

Be aware that in current browser implementations, the TYPE attribute for a LI element sets the type for subsequent LI elements in the list unless overridden by a TYPE attribute setting in another LI element. In general, it is best to set the TYPE attribute of the OL or UL element and let that setting govern all nested elements.

 
Example 
<LI TYPE="square">Chicken Curry
 
Value
When contained by a UL element, possible values are disc | circle | square. When contained by an OL element, possible values are A | a | I | i | 1. Sequencing is performed automatically as follows:
Type Example 
A
 		A, B, C, ... 
a
 		a, b, c, ... 
I
 		I, II, III, ... 
i
 		i, ii, iii, ... 
1
 		1, 2, 3, ...
 
Default 1 and disc.
 
Object Model Reference
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VALUENN all   IE all   HTML 3.2
VALUE="number"Optional
 

The VALUE attribute applies only when the LI element is nested inside an OL element. You can manually set the number used as a starting point for the sequencing of ordered list items. This can come in handy when you need to break up an OL element with some running text that is not part of the list.

Even though the value assigned to this attribute is a number, it does not affect the TYPE setting. For example, setting VALUE to 3 when TYPE is A means that the sequence starts from that LI element with the letter C.

 
Example 
<LI VALUE=3>Insert Tab C into Slot M. Tighten with a wingnut.
 
Value
Any positive integer.
 
Default 1
 
Object Model Reference
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