<li>

The <li> element represents a list of items.

Point

• Its parent element is an ol, ul, or menu element, then the element is an item of the parent element's list

HTML Attributes

• value = valid integer
  Specifies the ordinal value of the list item.
  The value attribute can be used when the parent element in only a ol element. [Example B]

See also global attributes.

Examples

Example A

[try it]

<ol>
  <li>sample1</li>
  <li>sample2</li>
  <li>sample3</li>
</ol>

Example B

With the value attribute [try it]:

<ol>
  <li value="3">sample1</li>
  <li value="2">sample2</li>
  <li value="1">sample3</li>
</ol>

HTML Reference

The HTML5 specification defines the <li> element in 4.5.7 The li element.