HTMLOListElement: start property

The start property of the HTMLOListElement interface indicates starting value of the ordered list, with default value of 1.

It reflects the start attribute of the <ol> element.

Note: The start property value is independent of the HTMLOListElement.type property; it is always numeric, even when type is letters or Roman numerals.

Value

A long value.

Examples

HTML

html

<ol id="order-list">
  <li>Fee</li>
  <li>Fi</li>
  <li>Fo</li>
  <li>Fum</li>
</ol>

JavaScript

const olElement = document.querySelector("#order-list");
console.log(olElement.start); // Output: "1"
olElement.start = "11";
console.log(olElement.start); // Output: "11"

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # dom-ol-start

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser