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4 Answers
Max Senden
23,177 PointsHi Jack,
<ol> and <ul> are only used as parent elements for list items <li>. Putting fields or labels in an ordered list or unordered list will only complicate things once you start styling them in CSS.
Hope it helps, Max
jeffrey bachynski
5,179 PointsThe simple answer is they are differnt elements. You can use an ol to get something similar but they are not the same. (For one thing, the <fieldset> has a <legend> tag that you can use.)
"The HTML <ol> element represents an ordered list of items, typically rendered as a numbered list." See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ol for more info about ordered lists.
"The HTML <fieldset> element is used to group several controls as well as labels (<label>) within a web form." See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/fieldset for more information about fieldsets.
You can nest controls in the <li> elements of an <ol> or an <ul> and put it all inside of a <fieldset>, and you might have a good reason to do so sometimes, but like Max said, you might find that would complicate things.
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
9,520 PointsU can use if It necessary for u project .but mostly it ul as list parent. Hope that helps
Jack Cummins
17,417 PointsThanks for the help!
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 PointsDave StSomeWhere
19,870 PointsNeed a little more info - what don't you get?