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    First published on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 and last modified on Thursday, Sep 11, 2025

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    Lists

    François Chaplais

    1 Introduction

    LaTeX2Web supports main LaTeX list types, as well as LaTeX2Web specific lists.

    2 Simple lists

    These are LaTeX2Web specific lists. They are call simple because they are not recursive, i.e., you cannot put a list within another one. Items in these list types must be inline text, i.e., the text that you would put in a paragraph.

    2.1 List

    The syntax for a simple list is the following

    \begin{list}
\item first in the list
\item second in the list
\end{list}

    and here is the output:

    • first in the list
    • second in the list

    The \begin{list} opening statement supports an optional parameter, which specifies which character should precede the list item. The parameter can have the following values:

    • none
    • disc
    • circle
    • square
    • decimal
    • decimal-leading-zero
    • lower-roman
    • upper-roman
    • lower-greek
    • lower-alpha
    • lower-latin
    • upper-alpha
    • upper-latin

    This list uses the upper-roman styling. Note that, for this prefix, the number is automatically incremented.

    2.2 checkList

    Check list are a list of checkboxes which can be checked on un-checked. To create a checked list item, use the optional parameter checked to the \item command. Here is a sample code

    \begin{checkList}
\item[checked] début
\item fin
\end{checkList}

    and this is the output

    The checkboxes can be modified by anyone, but their state will be saved only if you have authoring privileges on the document. Specifically, the state of the checkboxes is saved to the HTML code of the document. To restore the list, re-compile the document.

    3 LaTeX lists: itemize and enumerate

    These lists use the itemize and enumerate environments. They can be recursive, and items can consist in quite a number of object types like paragraphs, equations, figure, tables, etc... This is nice but, due to the hierarchical structure of LaTeX2Web, this means that a table cell can not include a list for instance. If you want to do this, use a simple list instead.

    LaTeX lists can be reference using a label. By default, itemize list are un-ordered, and enumerate list are ordered. This can, however, be overriden by using the same optional parameter in the list declaration. Here is an example.

    • I am first
    • I am second
      • I am inside
      • Tell me I look good!
    • That’s all, folks!

    The previous lists are all itemize, but the list markers have been set to decimal and lower-greek.

    Here is the code.

    \begin{itemize}[decimal]
\item I am first
\item I am second
\begin{itemize}[lower-greek]
\item I am inside
\item Tell me I look good!
\end{itemize}
\item That's all, folks!
\end{itemize}

    You can also use font awesome markers for your list items. Here is an example.

    • a check mark (checked)
    • a check mark (un-checked)
    • a Jedi icon

    For more details see the general help on lists and the help on font awesome icons.

    4 Lists and the object hierarchy

    Simple lists are a terminal type, which means that they can be included in any object that is not terminal. LaTeX lists are not terminal in the hierarchy. They can not, however, include theorems. They can include all objects of terminal type.