The OL Element: Ordered Lists | Inside JavaScript

The <OL> Element: Ordered Lists

You create ordered lists, which display numbered or lettered items, with the <OL> element. (Note that we just saw such a list in Listing 14.3.) You create each item in the list with an <LI> element. Here's an example that displays such a list:

(Listing 14-06.html on the web site)

 <HTML>      <HEAD>          <TITLE>              An Ordered List          </TITLE>      </HEAD>      <BODY>          <H1>              Creating An Ordered List          </H1>          Buying a computer? Let's consider:  <OL>   <LI> Price   <LI> CPU Speed   <LI> Memory   <LI> Disk space   <LI> CD-ROM/DVD speed   </OL>  </BODY>  </HTML>

You can see the results in Figure 14.2.

Figure 14.2. Using an ordered list.

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You can find the JavaScript properties for the <OL> element in Table 14.3. Remember that JavaScript's core HTML properties, methods , and events, which we covered in Chapters 5 and 6, apply to this element as well.

Table 14.3. The Properties of the <OL> Element (See Chapters 5 and 6 for the JavaScript core HTML properties, methods, and events that also apply to this element.)

Property	NS2	NS6	IE4	IE5	IE5.5	IE6
`compact`		x	x	x	x	x
	Read/write
	Supposedly affects the spacing of the text and the list numbering/ bulleting, but in fact has no effect. The `COMPACT` attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.01.
`start`		x	x	x	x	x
	Read/write
	Sets or gets the starting number for an ordered list. This is the number you want the list numbering to begin with. Set to a string.
`type`		x	x	x	x	x
	Read/write
	Specifies the type of list item label; set to `"A"` (capital letters ), `"a"` (lowercase letters), `"I"` (large roman numerals), `"i"` (small roman numerals), `"1"` (default numbering scheme). Deprecated in HTML 4.01.