HTML <ul> Tag
The HTML <ul> tag used for specifying an unordered list, which groups a collection of items having no numerical order. If you change the order of list items, the meaning will not change.
Each element of an unordered list is declared inside the <li> tag.
The <ul> tag is a block-level element and occupies all available horizontal space. Its height depends on the content within the container. An unordered list is typically rendered as a bulleted list.
The <ol> tag is used to create an ordered list.
Syntax
The <ul> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between opening (<ul>) and closing (</ul>) tags.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>Result
You can use type attribute to change the default bullet style for the list items.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul type="circle">
<li>List item </li>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
</ul>
<ul type="square">
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul type="circle">
<li>List item </li>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
</ul>
<ul type="square">
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
<li>List item</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>Result
You can also use CSS list-style-type or list-style-image property to define the type of a list item element.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Examples of unordered lists:</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type: square">
<li>Cold Drinks</li>
<li>Hot Drinks</li>
<li>Ice-Creams</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type: disc">
<li>Coca-Cola</li>
<li>Fanta</li>
<li>Ice Tea</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type: circle">
<li>Coca-Cola</li>
<li>Fanta</li>
<li>Ice Tea</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Examples of unordered lists:</h2>
<ul style="list-style-type: square">
<li>Cold Drinks</li>
<li>Hot Drinks</li>
<li>Ice-Creams</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type: disc">
<li>Coca-Cola</li>
<li>Fanta</li>
<li>Ice Tea</li>
</ul>
<ul style="list-style-type: circle">
<li>Coca-Cola</li>
<li>Fanta</li>
<li>Ice Tea</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>Result
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| compact | compact | Specifies that the list should be rendered in a compact style. Not supported in HTML 5. |
| type | disc square circle | Sets the type of marker. Not supported in HTML 5. |
The <ul> tag also supports the Global attributes and the Event Attributes.
How to style <ul> tag
Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <ul> tag:?
- CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit
- CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element.
- CSS font-size property sets the size of the font.
- CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform Property controls text case and capitalization.
- CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style
- CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit
- CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element.
- CSS font-size property sets the size of the font.
- CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform Property controls text case and capitalization.
- CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style
Coloring text in <ul> tag:
- CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations
- CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
- CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations
- CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Text layout styles for <ul> tag:
- CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
- CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
- CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
- CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
Other properties worth looking at for <ul> tag
- CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
- CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text.
- CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line.
- CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- CSS word-spacing property: Allow setting the spacing between words.
- CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
- CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text.
- CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line.
- CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- CSS word-spacing property: Allow setting the spacing between words.
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