HTML DOM Ol type Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Ol type property sets/returns the value of the type attribute which corresponds to the type of marker used in an ordered list.

Following is the syntax −

Returning type property

olObject.type

Setting type to a character

olObject.type = ‘1|a|A|i|I’

Let us see an example of Ol type property −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM Ol type</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
   ol{
      width: 30%;
      margin: 0 auto;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <form>
      <fieldset>
         <legend>HTML-DOM-Ol-type</legend>
         <h3>Students</h3>
         <ol id="orderList" type='2'>
            <li>Adam</li>
            <li>Alex</li>
            <li>Bina</li>
            <li>Eden</li>
            <li>Rajesh</li>
            <li>Zampa</li>
         </ol>
         <input type="button" onclick="changeMarker()" value="Change Marker">
         <div id="divDisplay"></div>
      </fieldset>
   </form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var studentList = document.getElementById("orderList");
   function changeMarker() {
      studentList.type = 'I';
      divDisplay.textContent = 'Marker Changed';
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>