ul Element

Module

The ul element is a block-level element declared by the XHTML 1.1 List Module

Elements in the List Module are:
ul | ol | li | dl | dt | dd

Description

The ul element, in conjunction with the li element, allows an unordered (bulletted) list to be created.

<ul>
  <li>First List Item in Unordered List</li>
  <li>Second List Item in Unordered List</li>
  <li>Third List Item in Unordered List</li>
</ul>

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See also the ol element.

#REQUIRED Attributes

There are no #REQUIRED attributes on the ul element.

Specific Attributes

There are no specific attributes declared on the ul element.

Common Attributes

From the Core Attribute Collection

class [ type NMTOKENS ]

One or more space separated classes

id [ type ID ]

A unique identifier for the element

style [ type CDATA ], from the Style Attribute Module (deprecated)

Element-specific styles

title [ type Text ]

Descriptive title for the element (in some user agents this may appear as a "tooltip" when the mouse hovers over the element)

xmlns [ type URI - #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' ]

XML namespace

From the I18N Attribute Collection

dir [ type Enumeration (ltr | rtl) ], from the Bi-directional Text Module

Left-to-right or right-to-left directionality

xml:lang [ type LanguageCode ]

A language code for the element

From the Events Attribute Collection

All attributes in the Events Attribute Collection are supported:
onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

Content Model

li+

NOTE: This element cannot be empty

See Content Model & Nesting for information about Content Model syntax and Nesting Groups.

Valid children of ul

• From the List Module: li

Valid parents of ul

• From the Structure Module: body
• From the Text Module: blockquote, div
• From the List Module: dd, li
• From the Tables Module: td, th
• From the Forms Module: button, fieldset, form
• From the Client-side Image Map Module: map
• From the Scripting Module: noscript
• From the Edit Module: del, ins
• From the Object Module: object