The <ul> Tag for Unordered Lists

The <ul> tag is used for unordered lists in HTML. This tag is often used for lists with bullets. For numbered lists, use the <ol> tag instead.

Each list item in an unordered list is an li child element of the ul element, created using the <li> tag. List items are usually highlighted with a bullet mark or image, which is why list items are sometimes called bullet points.

Here are a couple examples of using the ul tag to create bulleted lists. The first one creates a breadcrumb trail with the bullets between the items. The second list example is a more typical list of bulleted items, but it uses stars as the bullets.

  • Tina Fey
  • Jane Lynch
  • Kyra Sedgwick
  • Andie MacDowell
  • Laura San Giacomo
  • Clare MacIntyre-Ross
  • Kimberly Williams-Paisley

This is an actual working example of the <ul> tag example code below.