A bulleted list contains one or more items each prefaced by a bullet (often a big dot). Use this kind of list on your web page if the items’ order isn’t necessary for understanding the information it presents.
A bulleted list requires the following:
The unordered list element (
- ) specifies a bulleted list.
A list item element (
- ) marks each item in the list.
The closing tag for the unordered list element (
An unordered list (another name for bulleted list) with three items requires elements and content in the following order:
Content for the first list item
Content for the second list item
Content for the third list item
The following markup formats a three-item list as a bulleted list:
Bulleted Lists Things to do today
- Feed cat
- Wash car
- Grocery shopping
This figure shows how a browser renders this with bullets.

Use CSS to exert more control over the formatting of your lists, including the ability to use your own graphics as bullet symbols.