How to Define a List Item in HTML

List items are the individual lines making up HTML lists. They are defined with the

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Plain text editor

Define a List Item

1. Find or insert a UL or OL element in your HTML page to hold the list items you will define. UL is for unordered (bulleted) lists, while OL is for ordered (numbered) lists.

2. Within the list element (between the opening

   and closing
   , add list items using the code below:
   
3. This is the list item

4. Add any additional HTML formatting you want, such as ... for bold, within the list item.

5. Apply CSS properties such as list-style, or attributes such as TYPE to change the type of bullet used for unordered lists.

Tips & Warnings

• Any HTML element can be made into a list item by giving the CSS property display a value of list-item.