List Item <li> Tag Syntax
Rules for coding HTML li
elements
<body> ... ... flow content expected ... <ol> or <ul> or <menu> <li> ... flow content ... </li> ... </ol> or </ul> or </menu> ... </body>
Make sure you understand the difference between a tag and element and are familiar with the definitions of namespace and other HTML terms.
- Inside a ol element, ul element or menu element, include one or more li elements.
- Begin each li element with a starting <li> tag. The element name uses lower case letters and should be in the HTML namespace, which it will pick up automatically from the
xmlns
attribute on the <html> tag. - Inside the li element, between the
<li>
starting tag and the</li>
ending tag, code the inner HTML flow content for the list item. - When inserting a list item or deleting a list item, code the <ins> tag or <del> tag inside the <li> tag.
- End the li element with a matching
</li>
closing tag.
Content of the li element
The content of the li element can include HTML comments, text content and any tags that can be used in flow content.