The Unordered List element represents a list of items in which
order is not necessarily important. Typical rendering is a bulleted list
of items. Many browsers may change the appearance of the bullet when the
list is nested in another list. The only content of this list structure
is the <li> (list item) element. As
with other list content elements, the closing
</li> tag is optional, as it
is implied by a subsequent <li> or
end </ul> tags.
Description:
This attribute helps an author in situations with floating objects (images,
tables, etc.) produced through the Left and
Right ALIGN attributes. It allows content to stop being
flowed around the floated element.
Values: None
[DEFAULT - No special line breaking
effects are applied relative to the floating element.] Left [breaks line after this element
and moves down vertically until the right margin is clear of floated
objects.] Right [breaks line after this element
and moves down vertically until the right margin is clear of floated
objects.] All [breaks line after this element
and moves down vertically until both margins are clear of floated objects.]
Compact
2 | 3
| 3.2 | 4
| IE | M
| N | O
Required? No
Description:
This is a stand alone attribute flag that indicates a compact
rendering be used if possible, possibly because the list items
are small or the entire list is large.
Values: NA
Type
2 | 3
| 3.2 | 4
| IE4 | M
| N1 | O2.1
Required? No
Description:
The Type attribute indicates a different labeling scheme to be used
instead of the default bullet.
Some people leverage on a behavioral defect in browsers whereby
embedding data in a list structure without LI tags will induce
indentation. This is illegal HTML and not recommended.
Other methods can be used to
enforce indentation that are much safer.
Changing the font attributes (size, color, etc.) of the contents
of a List Item will not affect the appearance of the listing mechanism
(bullets.)
Lists are nestable.
Browser Peculiarities
Internet Explorer, Mosaic and Netscape all produce the above described
indenting behavior for the mentioned invalid HTML.
Both Internet Explorer and Netscape alter the listing mechanism (the
bullets) if a font changing tag (e.g. FONT SIZE) spans a list structure
or if it is placed incorrectly before the first LI tag.