Ordered Lists tag in HTML for numbered data with start value

<OL>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
</OL>

First Item
Second Item
Third Item

<OL>

Ordered List List , One pair of tag is allowed.

<LI>

Items of Ordered List, Mulitple pairs allowed. Child of <OL>

Ordered lists are also referred to as Numbered Lists.

Ordered lists can be defined using <OL> ... </OL> tags. The tag <OL> indicates the start of a ordered(numbered) list while </OL> signals the end of the list.

Attributes of <OL> .. </OL> :

Type: This attribute indicates the type of the numbering /listing to be used.

Type	Description
Type = 1	Numbered List . 1,2,3 ... Default.
Type = a	Lowercase alphabets a, b, c ....
Type = A	Uppercase alphabets A,B,C ....
Type = I	Uppercase roman numbers I,II, III,IV ....
Type = i	Lowercase roman numbers i,ii,iii,iv ....

Type = 1

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL type=1>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

Type = a

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL type=a>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

Type = A

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL type=A>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

Type = I

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL type=I>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

Type = i

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL type=i>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

Using style

We can use list-style-type: to add different types of numbering to list including various languages. Here are some examples , you can try more. Adding Leading zero to decimal numbers.

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL style='list-style-type:decimal-leading-zero'>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

style='list-style-type:lower-greek'

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL style='list-style-type:lower-greek'>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

style='list-style-type:armenian'

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL style='list-style-type:armenian'>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

style='list-style-type:oriya'

First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Fourth Item
Fifth Item

<OL style='list-style-type:oriya'>
<LI>First Item</LI>
<LI>Second Item</LI>
<LI>Third Item</LI>
<LI>Fourth Item</LI>
<LI>Fifth Item</LI>
</OL>

Ordered list with style

Demo of HTML list with style

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML List demo with style </title>
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="HTML List demo style ">
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="HTML list demo style "> 
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,minimum-scale=1">
<style>
ol {
  list-style-type: upper-roman;
  background:lightgreen;
}
ul {
  list-style-type: square;
  background:yellow;
}
li {
  font-size: 1.2em;
  color: #333;
  padding-left:5px;
}
ul,ol,h2 {
margin-left: 25px;
width:250px;
}</style>

</head>
<body>
<h2>Unordered List </h2>
<ul>
<li>PHP</li>
<li>JSP</li>
<li>ASP</li>
<li>JavaScript</li>
</ul>

<h2>Ordered List</h2>
<OL  start="4">
<li>Ronald </li>
<li>Rajiv</li>
<li>Alex </li>
<li>Smith </li>
</OL>

</body>
</html>

HTML List Unordered List Definition List in HTML

Ndungu Thairu Wairubi	25-07-2015
very well elaborated article,easy to understand thank you guys.....

Ordered Lists in HTML