HTMLOListElement
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
TheHTMLOListElement interface provides special properties (beyond those defined on the regularHTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating ordered list elements.
Instance properties
Inherits properties from its parent,HTMLElement.
HTMLOListElement.reversedA boolean value reflecting the
reversedand defining if the numbering is descending, that is its value istrue, or ascending (false).HTMLOListElement.startA
longvalue reflecting thestartand defining the value of the first number of the first element of the list.HTMLOListElement.typeA string value reflecting the
typeand defining the kind of marker to be used to display. It can have the following values:'1'meaning that decimal numbers are used:1,2,3,4,5, …'a'meaning that the lowercase latin alphabet is used:a,b,c,d,e, …'A'meaning that the uppercase latin alphabet is used:A,B,C,D,E, …'i'meaning that the lowercase latin numerals are used:i,ii,iii,iv,v, …'I'meaning that the uppercase latin numerals are used:I,II,III,IV,V, …
HTMLOListElement.compactDeprecatedA boolean value indicating that spacing between list items should be reduced. This property reflects the
compactattribute only, it doesn't consider theline-heightCSS property used for that behavior in modern pages.
Instance methods
No specific method; inherits methods from its parent,HTMLElement.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # htmlolistelement |
Browser compatibility
See also
- The HTML element implementing this interface:
<ol>.