# HTML <li> type Attribute

HTML <li> tag

## Example

Use of the type attribute in an ordered and an unordered list:

<ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li type="a">Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li type="square">Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>
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## Definition and Usage

The type attribute specifies the style of the bullet point of a list item in a list.

## Browser Support

Attribute |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
type | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes

## Compatibility Notes

The type attribute of <li> is not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.

CSS syntax: <li style="list-style-type:square">

CSS Example: list style type

In our CSS tutorial you can find more details about the list-style-type property.

## Syntax

<li type="1|a|A|i|I|disc|circle|square">

## Attribute Values

For ordered lists (<ol>):

Value | Description
--- | ---
1 | Default. Numerical ordered list (1, 2, 3, 4)
a | Alphabetically ordered list, lowercase (a, b, c, d)
A | Alphabetically ordered list, uppercase (A, B, C, D)
i | Roman numbers, lowercase (i, ii, iii, iv)
I | Roman numbers, uppercase (I, II, III, IV)

For unordered lists (<ul>):

Value | Description
--- | ---
disc | Default. A filled circle
circle | An unfilled circle
square | A filled square

HTML <li> tag

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