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HTML5 li element
The li element allows you to add items to any of the next 3 elements: ol, ul, menu (if type="toolbar"). »video
About li
- is an optional element
- multiple li elements allowed per HTML5 document within the ol, ul or a toolbar menu element
Display & support li
- display in browser »video
Parents, children li
- li nested within elements »li parents
- elements nested within li »li children
»examples
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Attributes li
- required: none
- optional: specific attributes, global attributes, event attributes
Observation: value attribute can be applied only to li elements children of an ol element. »video
Syntax li
| 1 2 | <> ... </> <> ... »video |
Attributes and Values li (comma separated)
| < | attribute | = | "attribute_value(s)" | > | Video | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. specific attributes | ||||||
| 1. | value | = | integer | »video | < value="4"> | |
| All Specific Attributes | ||||||
| 2. global attributes | ||||||
| 1. | accesskey | = | keyboard key | »img | < accesskey="h"> ... </> | |
| 2. | class | = | class name | »html »img | < class="class_name"> ... </> | |
| 3. | contenteditable | = | "", , true, false | »html | < contenteditable="true"> ... </> | |
| 4. | contextmenu | = | menu id value | »html | < contextmenu="menu_id_value"> ... </> | |
| 5. | data-* | = | value | - | < data-http-error="404"> ... </> | |
| 6. | dir | = | ltr, rtl, auto | »html | < dir="ltr"> ... </> | |
| 7. | draggable | = | true, , false | »img | < draggable="false"> ... </> | |
| 8. | dropzone | = | copy, move, link, string:, file: | - | < dropzone="copy"> ... </> | |
| 9. | hidden | = | "", , hidden | »html »img | < hidden="hidden"> ... </> | |
| 10. | id | = | id name | »html »img | < id="unique_id_name"> ... </> | |
| 11. | itemid | = | URL | - | - | |
| 12. | itemprop | = | string | »link »a | - | |
| 13. | itemref | = | string | - | - | |
| 14. | itemscope | = | "", , itemscope | - | - | |
| 15. | itemtype | = | absolute URL | - | - | |
| 16. | lang | = | language code | »html »head»title »img | < lang="en"> ... </> | |
| 17. | spellcheck | = | "", , true, false | »html | < spellcheck="true"> ... </> | |
| 18. | style | = | CSS property:value | »html »img | < style="color:red"> ... </> | |
| 19. | tabindex | = | integer | »img | < tabindex="3"> ... </> | |
| 20. | title | = | text | »html »link»style »abbr»dfn »img »meter | < title="html page"> ... </> | |
| 21. | translate | = | "", yes, no | »html »img | < translate="yes"> ... </> | |
| All Global Attributes | ||||||
| 3. global event attributes | ||||||
| 1. | onclick | = | script | » list | <element onclick="script" > ... | |
| 2. | ondblclick | = | script | » list | <element ondblclick="script" > ... | |
| All Event Attributes | ||||||
Video demonstration li element
HTML5 li element: add items
| min | video details |
|---|---|
| 00:08 | li element represents a list (l) item (i) |
| 00:13 | li element allows you to add items to: - an unordered list: ul - an ordered list: ol - or to a menu(toolbar type) |
| 00:19 | adding items to an unordered list |
| 00:19 | since we have an empty unordered list (ul) on the page, let's add some items to it through li element |
| 00:31 | adding content to the items |
| 00:43 | and the items display in browser's window |
| 00:51 | adding items to an ordered list |
| 00:51 | through li element we can add items to an ordered list (ol) also |
| 00:57 | and the items of the ordered list display |
| 01:03 | adding items to a toolbar menu |
| 01:03 | the same, through li element we can add items to a toolbar menu |
| 01:09 | menu element is not yet supported in browser; the browser display is not the expected one |
For more information about the element, please see the specs: W3C ⁄ WHATWG