`<ol type="">`

In HTML Attributes

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Attribute of: <ol> HTML Tag
What does <ol type=""> do?: Specifies the type of list marker that should be used on each item of an unordered list.

Code Example

<p><strong>There are 6 species of flamingo:</strong></p>
<ol type="1">
  <li>American flamingo</li>
  <li>Greater flamingo</li>
  <li>Lesser flamingo</li>
  <li>Andean flamingo</li>
  <li>Chilean flamingo</li>
  <li>James's flamingo</li>
</ol>

There are 6 species of flamingo:

American flamingo
Greater flamingo
Lesser flamingo
Andean flamingo
Chilean flamingo
James's flamingo

Customizing List Identifiers

Use the type attribute to change the identifier before each list item. Specifying the lowercase a type renders the list with smallcase alphabetical identifiers.

For example:

<p><strong>One flamingo in Australia lived to the age of 83, and was thought to be the oldest in the world when it died. Which species was it?</strong></p>
<ol type="a">
  <li>American flamingo</li>
  <li>Greater flamingo</li>
  <li>Lesser flamingo</li>
  <li>Andean flamingo</li>
  <li>Chilean flamingo</li>
  <li>James's flamingo</li>
</ol>

Results in the following:

Defaults

If the type is not specified, a numbered list will default to a type of decimal, and an unordered list will default to a type of bullet.

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