HTML DOM Ol Object

Ol Object

The Ol object represents an HTML <ol> element.

You can access an <ol> element by using getElementById():

var x = document.getElementById("myOl");

You can create an <ol> element by using the document.createElement() method:

var x = document.createElement("OL");

Property	Description
compact	Not supported in HTML5. Use style.lineHeight instead. Sets or returns whether the list should render smaller than normal, or not
reversed	Sets or returns whether the list order should be descending or not
start	Sets or returns the value of the start attribute of an ordered list
type	Sets or returns the value of the type attribute of an ordered list

The Ol object also supports the standard properties and events.

HTML reference: HTML <ol> tag