bullets

Bullets are used to offset items on a list. The bullet is coded using <ul> tag to note that it’s an unordered list before the entire list. Each item in the list gets an <li> tag. For example:

<p>Senator Booker said the bill didn’t pass for the following reasons:</p>

<ul>

<li>lack of support from centrists;</li>

<li>bipartisan ranker and gridlock;</li>

<li>and several last-minute amendments.</li>

</ul>

This will render as:

Senator Booker said the bill didn’t pass for the following reasons:

  • lack of support from centrists;
  • bipartisan ranker and gridlock;
  • and several last-minute amendments.

To change the bullets to numbers (and ordered list), change the <ul> tag to <ol> to indicate that it is an ordered list. For example:

<p>Senator Booker said the bill didn’t pass for the following reasons:</p>

<ol>

<li>lack of support from centrists;</li>

<li>bipartisan ranker and gridlock;</li>

<li>and several last-minute amendments.</li>

</ol>

This will render as:

Senator Booker said the bill didn’t pass for the following reasons:

  1. lack of support from centrists;
  2. bipartisan ranker and gridlock;
  3. and several last-minute amendments.

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