List order defined by character 1

[OfficeAnimal]

Does HTML 4 have an ordered list in which the paragraphs are identified by characters? Something like:

a. blah blah blah;
b. nag nag nag;
c. whinge whinge whinge.

I see it being used as a sub-list:

1. pontificate pontificate pontificate;
a. blah blah blah;
b. nag nag nag;
c. whinge whinge whinge.
2. beatify beatify beatify;
...

 

[vacunita]

Yup.

Using CSS, give the <ol> a alphabetic style such as:

ol{
list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}

http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_list-style-type.asp

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[ChrisHunt]

You can also use the power of CSS to enforce your desired mixture of numbers and letters:

ol { list-style-type: decimal; }
ol ol { list-style-type: lower-alpha; }

with yur HTML looking like this:

<ol>
<li>pontificate pontificate pontificate;
<ol>
<li>blah blah blah;</li>
<li>nag nag nag;</li>
<li>whinge whinge whinge.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>beatify beatify beatify;</li>
</ol>

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Hi Chris and Phil

Still a bit puzzled about this.

In my style sheet I have:
OL OL
{
list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}

In my HTNL 4.0 HEAD I have:
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="./css/2009-Screen.css" MEDIA="screen">

and the code

<OL>
<LI>pontificate pontificate pontificate;</LI>
<OL>
<LI>blah blah blah;</LI>
<LI>nag nag nag;</LI>
<LI>whinge whinge whinge.</LI>
</OL>
<LI>beatify beatify beatify;</LI>
</OL>

and I get

1. pontificate pontificate pontificate;
1. blah blah blah;
2. nag nag nag;
3. whinge whinge whinge.
2. beatify beatify beatify;

Hmmmmm ... I obviously haven't got the trick

 

[feherke]

Hi

Well, it works for me.

Are you sure the CSS file is loaded ?

If you have a publicly accessible version of that page, posting its URL would be great. Otherwise we can only make guesses.


Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[Vragabond]

Also, your structure is false. See how Chris' example has second list (ol) inside a list item (li), which is correct and how yours doesn't? First, you should fix that.

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[OfficeAnimal]

The prize for observation goes to Vragabond.
The lurking </LI> tag was the problem.

Thanks to you all.

 

[TrojanWarBlade]

Prize?
I see no prize! ;-)


Trojan.

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Hi TrojanWarBlade

As the Greeks, beloved of Trojans, well knew: the greatest prize is that other people know.

Well, anyway - here's the gong .

 

[TrojanWarBlade]

Cool answer! ;-)


Trojan.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Well, I feel that Vragabond's answer should be marked as helpful in the designated way, with a star, so the searchers will see the mark in the thread lists.

That is because I observed that markup error before my post at 28 Jul 09 5:56, but I ignored it while it works with Gecko ( FireFox, SeaMonkey, Epiphany, Galeon ), Presto ( Opera ), KHTML ( Konqueror ) and WebKit ( Midori, Arora ). So I learned something.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/