HTML Essential Training

Creating lists

Let's examine how to create lists in HTML

Description lists

Basic description list

Unordered list

Grouping of list items in no specific order

Ordered list

Grouping of list items in a specific order

Description list

Grouping of terms and descriptions

Multiple terms

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Description list

Definition list

List that groups content together by terms and descriptions. Used frequently for FAQs, glossaries, and dictionaries

Until HTML5, Definition Lists were frequently used to mark up dialog. That practice is discouraged now but no suitable semantic alternative has been proposed, leading to its continued widespread use for dialog

Multiple descriptions

Course

HTML Essential Training

Author

James Williamson

Producer

Dan Weston

Technical Reviewers

Simon Allardice

Garrick Chow

Josh Fitgatner