Section 7.6. Appropriate List Usage

7.6. Appropriate List Usage

In general, use unordered lists for:

• Link collections

• Short, nonsequenced groups of text

• Emphasizing the high points of a presentation

In general, use ordered lists for:

• Tables of contents

• Instruction sequences

• Sets of sequential sections of text

• Assigning numbers to short phrases that can be referenced elsewhere

In general, use definition lists for:

• Glossaries

• Custom bullets (make the item after the <dt> tag an icon- size bullet image)

• Any list of name /value pairs