HTML li type attribute

Example

Use of the type attribute in an ordered and an unordered HTML list:

<ol>   <li>Coffee</li>   <li type="a">Tea</li>   <li>Milk</li> </ol> <ul>   <li>Coffee</li>   <li type="square">Tea</li>   <li>Milk</li> </ul>

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Definition and Usage

The type attribute specifies the style of the bullet point of a list item in a list.

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Browser Support

The type attribute is deprecated, but still supported in all major browsers.

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Compatibility Notes

The type attribute of the li element was deprecated in HTML 4.01, and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.
Use CSS instead.
CSS syntax: <li style="list-style-type:square">

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Syntax

<li type="value">

Attribute Values

For ordered lists (<ol>):

Value	Description
1	Numerical ordered list (this is default) (1, 2, 3, 4)
a	Alphabetically ordered list, lowercase (a, b, c, d)
A	Alphabetically ordered list, uppercase (A, B, C, D)
i	Roman numbers, lowercase (i, ii, iii, iv)
I	Roman numbers, uppercase (I, II, III, IV)

For unordered lists (<ul>):

Value	Description
disc	Default. A filled circle
circle	An unfilled circle
square	A filled square