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Balazs Szilagyi
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Balazs Szilagyi
Courses Plus Student 5,945 Points
Posted by Balazs Szilagyi
Balazs Szilagyi
Courses Plus Student 5,945 Points

Add a nested ordered list to the "Shapes" list item.

something is wrong with my code, by any chance that you see what I don't? thanks in advance:

<ul>
<li>Shapes</li>
    <ol>
      <li>xy</li>
    </ol>
<li>Colors</li>
</ul>

3 Answers

Michael Hicks
Michael Hicks
24,124 Points

For your new ordered list to be nested inside your Shapes list item, you have to put the ordered list before the closing </li> tag of your Shapes list item. The way you posted it seems like it should work, but technically you're incorrectly creating a new ol list and attaching it to the parent unordered list instead of the Shapes list item. Below is the correct code.

    <ul>
      <li>Shapes
        <ol>
          <li>Square</li>
          <li>Circle</li>
        </ol>
      </li>
      <li>Colors</li>
    </ul>

See how the Shapes closing tag comes after your nested list.

Dino Paลกkvan
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Dino Paลกkvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points
Dino Paลกkvan
Dino Paลกkvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

The ol has to be nested inside the Shapes li element:

<li>Shapes
   <ol></ol>
</li>