Annotation of html5/spec/the-ul-element.html, revision 1.183

1.88      mike        1: <!DOCTYPE html>
1.159     sruby       2: <html lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><head><title>4.5.6 The ul element &#8212; HTML5</title><style type="text/css">
1.1       mike        3:    pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
                      4:    h2 { margin: 3em 0 1em 0; }
                      5:    h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em 0; }
                      6:    h4 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.75em 0; }
                      7:    h5, h6 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em; }
                      8:    h1 + h2, h1 + h2 + h2 { margin: 0.75em 0 0.75em; }
                      9:    h2 + h3, h3 + h4, h4 + h5, h5 + h6 { margin-top: 0.5em; }
                     10:    p { margin: 1em 0; }
                     11:    hr:not(.top) { display: block; background: none; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 2em 0; height: auto; }
                     12:    dl, dd { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     13:    dt { margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; clear: left; }
                     14:    dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
                     15:    dd dt { margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     16:    dd p { margin-top: 0; }
                     17:    dd dl + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     18:    dd table + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     19:    p + * > li, dd li { margin: 1em 0; }
                     20:    dt, dfn { font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; }
                     21:    i, em { font-style: italic; }
                     22:    dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
                     23:    pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
                     24:    pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
                     25:    pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
                     26:    @media screen { code { color: orangered; } code :link, code :visited { color: inherit; } }
                     27:    var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
                     28:    table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
                     29:    table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
                     30:    table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
                     31:    table tbody th { text-align: left; }
                     32:    table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
                     33:    blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
                     34: 
                     35:    .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
                     36:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
                     37:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                     38:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                     39:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                     40:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                     41: 
                     42:    .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
                     43:    img.extra, p.overview { float: right; }
                     44:    pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; position: relative; }
                     45:    pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
                     46:    pre.idl::before { content: "IDL"; font: bold small sans-serif; padding: 0.5em; background: white; position: absolute; top: 0; margin: -1px 0 0 -4em; width: 1.5em; border: thin solid; border-radius: 0 0 0 0.5em }
                     47:    pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                     48:    pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
                     49:    dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
                     50:    hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
                     51:    dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
                     52:    dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
                     53:    dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                     54:    dl.domintro:before { display: table; margin: -1em -0.5em -0.5em auto; width: auto; content: 'This box is non-normative. Implementation requirements are given below this box.'; color: black; font-style: italic; border: solid 2px; background: white; padding: 0 0.25em; }
                     55:    dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
                     56:    dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
                     57:    dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
                     58:    dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
                     59:    dl.triple dt, dl.triple dd { margin: 0; display: inline }
                     60:    dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
                     61:    dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
                     62:    .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
                     63:    .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
                     64:    a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
                     65: 
1.180     sruby      66:    figure.diagrams { border: double black; background: white; padding: 1em; }
                     67:    figure.diagrams img { display: block; margin: 1em auto; } 
                     68: 
1.1       mike       69:    h2 { page-break-before: always; }
                     70:    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
                     71:    h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
                     72: 
                     73:    p  > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
                     74:    li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]), { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
                     75: 
                     76:    div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
                     77:    div.head p { margin: 0; }
                     78:    div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
                     79:    div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
                     80:    div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
                     81:    div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
                     82:    div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
                     83: 
                     84:    body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
                     85:    body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
                     86:    body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
                     87:    body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
                     88:    .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
                     89: 
                     90:    .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
                     91:    .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     92:    .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     93: 
                     94:    .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
                     95:    .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
                     96:    .category-list li { display: inline; }
                     97:    .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
                     98:    .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
                     99:    .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't affect <code> nested in <a> */
                    100: 
                    101:    .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
                    102:    .XXX > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                    103:    p .XXX { line-height: 3em; }
                    104:    .annotation { border: solid thin black; background: #0C479D; color: white; position: relative; margin: 8px 0 20px 0; }
                    105:    .annotation:before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 6px -6px -6px 6px; background: #333333; z-index: -1; content: ''; }
                    106:    .annotation :link, .annotation :visited { color: inherit; }
                    107:    .annotation :link:hover, .annotation :visited:hover { background: transparent; }
                    108:    .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
                    109:    .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
                    110:    .warning { color: red; background: transparent; }
                    111:    .note, .warning { font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    112:    .note em, .warning em, .note i, .warning i { font-style: normal; }
                    113:    p.note, div.note { padding: 0.5em 2em; }
                    114:    span.note { padding: 0 2em; }
                    115:    .note p:first-child, .warning p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                    116:    .note p:last-child, .warning p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    117:    .warning:before { font-style: normal; }
                    118:    p.note:before { content: 'Note: '; }
                    119:    p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
                    120: 
                    121:    .bookkeeping:before { display: block; content: 'Bookkeeping details'; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    122:    .bookkeeping { font-size: 0.8em; margin: 2em 0; }
                    123:    .bookkeeping p { margin: 0.5em 2em; display: list-item; list-style: square; }
                    124:    .bookkeeping dt { margin: 0.5em 2em 0; }
                    125:    .bookkeeping dd { margin: 0 3em 0.5em; }
                    126: 
                    127:    h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
                    128:    h4 + .element, h4 + div + .element { margin-top: -2.5em; padding-top: 2em; }
                    129:    .element {
                    130:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    131:      color: black;
                    132:      margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
                    133:      padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
                    134:      border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
                    135:      position: relative;
                    136:      z-index: 1;
                    137:    }
                    138:    .element:before {
                    139:      position: absolute;
                    140:      z-index: 2;
                    141:      top: 0;
                    142:      left: -1.15em;
                    143:      height: 2em;
                    144:      width: 0.9em;
                    145:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    146:      content: ' ';
                    147:      border-style: none none solid solid;
                    148:      border-color: #9999FF;
                    149:      border-width: 0.25em;
                    150:    }
                    151: 
                    152:    .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
                    153:    td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
                    154: 
                    155:    ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
                    156:    ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
                    157:    ul.domTree li li { list-style: none; }
                    158:    ul.domTree li:first-child::before { position: absolute; top: 0; height: 0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
                    159:    ul.domTree li:not(:last-child)::after { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: -0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
                    160:    ul.domTree span { font-style: italic; font-family: serif; }
                    161:    ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
                    162:    ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
                    163:    ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
                    164:    ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
                    165:    ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
                    166:    ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
                    167:    ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
                    168: 
                    169:    body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
                    170:    .dfnPanel {
                    171:      display: inline;
                    172:      position: absolute;
                    173:      z-index: 10;
                    174:      height: auto;
                    175:      width: auto;
                    176:      padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
                    177:      font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
                    178:      background: #DDDDDD;
                    179:      color: black;
                    180:      border: outset 0.2em;
                    181:    }
                    182:    .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
                    183:    .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
                    184:    .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
                    185:    .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
                    186:    .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
                    187: 
                    188:    #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
                    189:    #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
                    190:    #configUI p label { display: block; }
                    191:    #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
                    192:    #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
                    193: 
                    194:    fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                    195:    fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
                    196:    fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    197:    fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                    198: 
1.159     sruby     199:   </style><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><style type="text/css">
1.1       mike      200: 
                    201:    .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
                    202:    .applies thead code { display: block; }
                    203:    .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
                    204:    .applies td { text-align: center; }
                    205:    .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
                    206: 
                    207:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
                    208:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                    209: 
                    210:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                    211:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                    212:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                    213: 
                    214:    td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
                    215: 
                    216:    #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
                    217:    #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
                    218:    #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
                    219:    #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
                    220:    #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
                    221:    #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
                    222:    #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
                    223:    #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
                    224:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
                    225:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
                    226:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
                    227:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
                    228:    #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
                    229:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
                    230:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
                    231:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
                    232: 
                    233:    .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
                    234:    .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
                    235:    .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
                    236:    .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
                    237:    .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
                    238:    .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
                    239:    .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
                    240:    .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
                    241:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
                    242:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
                    243:    .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
                    244:    .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
                    245: 
                    246:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
                    247: 
                    248:    #base64-table {
                    249:      white-space: nowrap;
                    250:      font-size: 0.6em;
                    251:      column-width: 6em;
                    252:      column-count: 5;
                    253:      column-gap: 1em;
                    254:      -moz-column-width: 6em;
                    255:      -moz-column-count: 5;
                    256:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                    257:      -webkit-column-width: 6em;
                    258:      -webkit-column-count: 5;
                    259:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    260:    }
                    261:    #base64-table thead { display: none; }
                    262:    #base64-table * { border: none; }
                    263:    #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
                    264:    #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
                    265: 
                    266:    #named-character-references-table {
                    267:      white-space: nowrap;
                    268:      font-size: 0.6em;
                    269:      column-width: 30em;
                    270:      column-gap: 1em;
                    271:      -moz-column-width: 30em;
                    272:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                    273:      -webkit-column-width: 30em;
                    274:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    275:    }
                    276:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
                    277:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
                    278:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
                    279:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
                    280: 
                    281:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
                    282: 
                    283:    @font-face {
                    284:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
1.178     sruby     285:      src: url('../fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
1.1       mike      286:    }
                    287:    @font-face {
                    288:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    289:      font-weight: bold;
1.178     sruby     290:      src: url('../fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
1.1       mike      291:    }
                    292:    @font-face {
                    293:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    294:      font-style: italic;
1.178     sruby     295:      src: url('../fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
1.1       mike      296:    }
                    297:    @font-face {
                    298:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    299:      font-style: italic;
                    300:      font-weight: bold;
1.178     sruby     301:      src: url('../fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
1.1       mike      302:    }
                    303: 
1.159     sruby     304:   </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D%0Ahtml%20%7B%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><script>
1.1       mike      305:    function getCookie(name) {
                    306:      var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
                    307:      for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
                    308:        if (params[index] == name)
                    309:          return "1";
                    310:        var data = params[index].split("=");
                    311:        if (data[0] == name)
                    312:          return unescape(data[1]);
                    313:      }
                    314:      var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
                    315:      for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
                    316:        var data = cookies[index].split("=");
                    317:        if (data[0] == name)
                    318:          return unescape(data[1]);
                    319:      }
                    320:      return null;
                    321:    }
1.159     sruby     322:   </script><link href="the-ol-element.html" title="4.5.5 The ol element" rel="prev">
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1.1       mike      324:   <link href="the-li-element.html" title="4.5.7 The li element" rel="next">
1.22      mike      325:   </head><body onload="fixBrokenLink();" class="split chapter"><div class="head" id="head">
1.1       mike      326:    <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
                    327: 
                    328:    <h1>HTML5</h1>
1.159     sruby     329:    <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
1.183   ! sruby     330:    <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor's-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 24 September 2012</h2>
1.85      mike      331:    </div>
1.174     sruby     332:    <div class="prev_next">
1.1       mike      333:    <a href="the-ol-element.html">&#8592; 4.5.5 The ol element</a> &#8211;
1.161     sruby     334:    <a href="spec.html#contents">Table of contents</a> &#8211;
1.1       mike      335:    <a href="the-li-element.html">4.5.7 The li element &#8594;</a>
1.159     sruby     336:   </div>
1.1       mike      337: 
1.85      mike      338:   <h4 id="the-ul-element"><span class="secno">4.5.6 </span>The <dfn><code>ul</code></dfn> element</h4>
                    339: 
                    340:   <dl class="element"><dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-categories" title="element-dfn-categories">Categories</a>:</dt>
1.159     sruby     341:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                    342:    <dd>If the element's children include at least one <code><a href="the-li-element.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> element: <a href="content-models.html#palpable-content-0">Palpable content</a>.</dd>
1.25      mike      343:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-contexts" title="element-dfn-contexts">Contexts in which this element can be used</a>:</dt>
1.159     sruby     344:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1">flow content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.25      mike      345:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-content-model" title="element-dfn-content-model">Content model</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      346:    <dd>Zero or more <code><a href="the-li-element.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.25      mike      347:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-attributes" title="element-dfn-attributes">Content attributes</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      348:    <dd><a href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.159     sruby     349:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-dom" title="element-dfn-dom">DOM interface</a>:</dt><!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
1.1       mike      350:    <dd>
                    351:     <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlulistelement">HTMLUListElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {};</pre>
                    352:    </dd>
1.159     sruby     353:   </dl><!--TOPIC:HTML--><p>The <code><a href="#the-ul-element">ul</a></code> element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a list of
1.1       mike      354:   items, where the order of the items is not important &#8212; that
                    355:   is, where changing the order would not materially change the meaning
1.85      mike      356:   of the document.</p>
                    357: 
                    358:   <p>The items of the list are the <code><a href="the-li-element.html#the-li-element">li</a></code> element child nodes
                    359:   of the <code><a href="#the-ul-element">ul</a></code> element.</p>
                    360: 
                    361:   <div class="example">
1.1       mike      362: 
                    363:    <p>The following markup shows a list where the order does not
                    364:    matter, and where the <code><a href="#the-ul-element">ul</a></code> element is therefore
                    365:    appropriate. Compare this list to the equivalent list in the
                    366:    <code><a href="the-ol-element.html#the-ol-element">ol</a></code> section to see an example of the same items using
                    367:    the <code><a href="the-ol-element.html#the-ol-element">ol</a></code> element.</p>
                    368: 
                    369:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;I have lived in the following countries:&lt;/p&gt;
                    370: &lt;ul&gt;
                    371:  &lt;li&gt;Norway
                    372:  &lt;li&gt;Switzerland
                    373:  &lt;li&gt;United Kingdom
                    374:  &lt;li&gt;United States
                    375: &lt;/ul&gt;</pre>
                    376: 
                    377:    <p>Note that changing the order of the list does not change the
                    378:    meaning of the document. The items in the snippet above are given
                    379:    in alphabetical order, but in the snippet below they are given in
                    380:    order of the size of their current account balance in 2007, without
                    381:    changing the meaning of the document whatsoever:</p>
                    382: 
                    383:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;I have lived in the following countries:&lt;/p&gt;
                    384: &lt;ul&gt;
                    385:  &lt;li&gt;Switzerland
                    386:  &lt;li&gt;Norway
                    387:  &lt;li&gt;United Kingdom
                    388:  &lt;li&gt;United States
                    389: &lt;/ul&gt;</pre>
                    390: 
1.85      mike      391:   </div>
                    392: 
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