Is there a way to get <ol> to start numbering with a number other than 1?

[me']

An attribute or CSS property would be great.

[coothead]

Hi there me',

This is the attribute that will
solve your dilemma ....

<ol start="100">
<li >one</li>
<li >two</li>
<li >three</li>
</ol>

cthead

[me']

Doesn't seem to exist under xhtml1.1, but it works in Moz. Is it valid?

[Roy Sinclair]

For valid code use counter-reset. See http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/generate.html#counters

[liorean]

It's valid transitional, but not strict. I'm not sure I agree with the HTML WG about making counters CSS based, though - I consider them semantic and not just presentational, because the may have real, useful meaning.

From the [XHTML1.0 Transitional DTD]:

<!ELEMENT ol (li)+>
<!ATTLIST ol
  %attrs;
  type        %OLStyle;      #IMPLIED
  compact     (compact)      #IMPLIED
  start       %Number;       #IMPLIED
  >

[coothead]

Hi there me'

.....or use a little js...

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function Order()
{
document.getElementById('ol').start='10';
}
onload=Order;
//-->
</script>

<ol id="ol">
<li >one</li>
<li >two</li>
<li >three</li>
</ol>

cthead

[missing-score]

thats ok but isnt very nice to have stuck into the middle of a page. The page then seems not to make sense if the user doesnt have javascript enabled.

[me']

Originally posted by missing-score
thats ok but isnt very nice to have stuck into the middle of a page. The page then seems not to make sense if the user doesnt have javascript enabled.

Actually not a problem, it's an interface that will only run on my own machine.

[missing-score]

oh i see, fair doos.

[coothead]

Hi there missing-score,

thats ok but isnt very nice to have stuck into the middle of a page. The page then seems not to make sense if the user doesnt have javascript enabled.

...actually the little bit of script would be placed within the head tags.

cthead

[missing-score]

whatever lol, i wasnt really meaning where it would be exactly, i doubt the script would be in the exact middle anyways even if it was in the body tag, but what i meant is for a site that the world could visit, it would be better if there was a non js alternative.

[brothercake]

I'm with liorean on this one - if the numbering system is vital to the meaning of the list, then you should use "list-style-type:none" on a <ul> and then implement the numbering manually.

[mindlessLemming]

Originally posted by brothercake
I'm with liorean on this one - if the numbering system is vital to the meaning of the list, then you should use "list-style-type:none" on a <ul> and then implement the numbering manually.

++i

It just feels so wrong to number a list using JS. But if it's only for you to view (David), then obviously it's far less crutial.

[brothercake]

I never said anything about using JS .. I meant manually:

<li>1. blah blah</li>

[me']

Well that's semantically incorrect. It's not an unordered list, it's an ordered one. Although that solution applies to <ol> as well.