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