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Fundamentals of Web Programming

Notes

Notes A <BR> tag is not inserted at the end of an item beginning with a <LI> tag, as a line
break automatically occurs at that point.
Since a list tag is an empty tag (that is, there is no negating counterpart </LI>), and since it indents
the text following it, it cannot be alone; otherwise, the entire remainder of the document would
be indented.

4.1 HTML List Classes

The HTML List classes allow you to easily create lists within your HTML pages. These classes
provide methods to get and set various attributes of the lists and the items within the lists.
In particular, the parent class HTML List provides a method to produce a compact list that
displays items in as small a vertical space as possible.

 Methods for HTML List include:
 Compact the list
 Add and remove items from the list

 Add and remove lists from the list (making it possible to nest lists)
 Methods for HTML List Item include:
 Get and set the contents of the item
 Get and set the direction of the text interpretation

 Get and set the language of the input element
Use the subclasses of HTML List and HTML List Item to create your HTML lists:
 OrderedList and OrderedListItem
 UnorderedList and UnorderedListItem

4.1.1 OrderedList and OrderedListItem

Use the OrderedList and OrderedListItem classes to create ordered lists in your HTML pages.

 Methods for OrderedList include:
 Get and set the starting number for the first item in the list
 Get and set the type (or style) for the item numbers

 Methods for OrderedListItem include:
 Get and set the number for the item
 Get and set the type (or style) for the item number

Did u know? By using the methods in OrderedListItem, you can override the numbering
and type for a specific item in the list.

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